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Microfiche 

Series. 


CIHM/ICMH 
Collection  de 
microfiches. 


Canadian  Institute  for  Historical  Microreproductions  /  Institut  Canadian  de  microreproductions  histohquas 


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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notas/Notas  techniques  et  b<bliographiques 


The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  availablft  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alter  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  u5ual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


L'Institut  a  microfilme  le  meilleur  axemplaire 
quit  lul  a  ate  po&sible  da  se  procurer.  Las  details 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sent  peut-atre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibliographique.  qui  psuvent  modifier 
una  image  raproduite.  ou  qui  pduvant  exigar  unr 
modification  dans  la  m^thoda  normale  de  filmage 
sent  intJiquAs  ci-dassous. 


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Coloured  covers/ 
Couverture  da  coulaur 

Covers  damaged/ 
Couverturn  andommagaa 

Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pelliculAa 

Covor  title  missing/ 

Le  titre  da  couv^rtur^  manque 

Coloured  maps/ 

Cartas  gdographiquas  en  couleur 

Coloured  ink  li  e   other  than  blue  or  black)/ 
Encra  da  couleur  li.e.  autre  qua  blaua  ou  noire) 

Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planches  et/ou  illustrations  an  coulaur 

Bound  with  other  material/ 
Rait*  avac  d'autras  documents 

Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

Laraliure  serree  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  la  long  da  la  marga  intAriaura 

Blank  leaves  added  during  restoration  may 
appear  within  the  text    Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  sa  peut  qua  cartainaa  pages  blanches  ajouttaa 
lors  d  une  restauration  apparaissant  dans  la  taxta. 
mais,  lorsqua  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pagaa  n  ont 
pas  t(*  filmAas. 

Additional  comments  / 
Commentaires  suppl^mar    urns 


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Coloured  pages/ 
Pages  da  coulaur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommag^es 

Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Pages  rastaureas  et/ou  pellicul^es 

Pages  discoloured,  stained  or  foxed/ 
Pages  d^coiorees.  tachetAas  ou  piquee^ 

Images  detached/ 
Pages  d^tachees 

Showthrough/ 
Transparence 

Quality  of  print  varies/ 
Quality  inagala  da  I'impression 

Includes  supplementary  material/ 
Comprand  du  material  supplamantaira 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Edition  disponibia 

Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  ate  .  nave  been  refilmed  to 
ensure  the  best  possiole  image/ 
Las  pages  tot^lamant  ou  partiellement 
obscurcias  par  un  fauillat  d'arrata.  une  pelure. 
ate  .  cnt  m  film^es  i  nouveau  da  facon  a 
obtanir  la  meilleure  image  possible 


This  Item  is  fiimad  at  th«  rBfii4ction  ratio  checked  below' 

Za  iocumant  est  filma  au  taux  da  reduction  indiquA  ci  dassous 

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The  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  raproducad  thanks 
to  Tha  ganarosity  of: 

Memorial  University  of  St.  John's 


L'axampiaira  film*  fut  reproduit  griea  k  la 
g*n*rositA  da: 

Memorial  University  of  St.  John's 


Tha  imagaa  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  b«at  quality 
possibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibitity 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kacping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spactficationa. 


Originni  copiaa  in  printad  papar  covara  ara  filmad 
beginning  with  tha  front  eovar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  c  printad  or  illustratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropr:ata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  beginning  on  the 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratsd  impraa- 
sion.  and  ending  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  iiluatratad  imprasaion. 


Tha  laat  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  ^«>  (meaning  "CON' 
TINUEO  ").  or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "ENO"). 
whichever  appliaa. 

Mapa.  plataa.  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratioa.  Thoae  too  large  to  be 
entirety  included  in  one  axpoaure  ara  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  comer,  'aft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  aa  many  framee  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrama  illustrate  the 
method: 


Laa  imagaa  suhrantea  ont  AtA  raproduiraa  avec  le 
plua  grand  soin.  compta  tanu  de  la  condition  at 
de  la  nenet*  de  I'exemplaira  film*,  at  an 
conformity  avec  lea  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 

Laa  axemplairea  originaux  dont  la  couverture  9n 
papier  eat  imprimAe  aont  filmta  an  commen^nt 
par  le  premier  plat  et  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
damiAre  paga  qui  comporta  una  ampreinte 
d'lmpreaaion  ou  d'llluatration.  soit  par  le  second 
piat.  selon  le  eaa.  Tous  lea  autraa  exampiairea 
originaux  sont  film4e  en  commen^ant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporta  una  ampreinta 
dimpraaaion  ou  d'llluatration  at  an  tarminant  par 
*M  damlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreiiiite. 

Un  dee  symbolee  suivanta  apparaitra  sur  la 
demiAre  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
caa:  le  symbole  — »  signifie    A  SUIVRE  ".  le 
symbole  T  signifie  "FIN". 

Lae  cartea.  pianchaa,  tableaux,  etc..  pauvent  *tre 
filmda  A  dee  taux  de  rMuction  diff«rents. 
l.oraque  le  document  est  trap  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cllch4.  il  eat  film*  *  partir 
de  I'angle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  *  droite. 
et  de  haut  tn  baa,  *n  prenant  la  nombra 
d'imagea  n^caasaira.  Laa  diagrammes  suivanta 
iliuatrent  la  m*thoda. 


12  3 


12  3 

4  5  6 


P  O  E  M  S 


rs*- 


POEMS 


CHARLES   HENRY    ST.  JOHN 


"  What  IB  life  without  a  h(>art  to  feci 
"  The  great  and  lovely,  and  the  poetrj- 
"  And  11      Jdocss  of  things?" 

FESTr>. 


|lata  cfala  Junius. 


BOSTON: 

A  .      W  I  L  L  I  A  M  S      A  :'  I)      C  0  M  V  A  N  V 

lit)    WASIIIN<;T()N'    stheet. 

M  DCCC  LIX. 


Kntered  according  to  Act  of  Congress  in  tlie  year  1^5!t. 

nv    Cir.VKLKS   HKNKV   Sr.  .lonx. 

Ill  tlie  CKiks  Odico  of  the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  MassRciiii^etts 


<.r  •>.  r.  llvM.  ,<;  Avmv.  I' 


l!i.viri!s,  .'J  t'M|:N!;ii.L,  Ucsro',-. 


TO 


PHILIP  HENRY  GOSSE,  ESQ.,  F.R.S,,  F.L.S..  &c. 

A>     A      TRIBUTE    FROM      ONE      WHOM      HE      CARESSiil)      IN      .  El  IF-DIIOOI), 

AND     IN     TOKEN    OF    FAMILY     ASSOCtATIOXS     AND 

PERSONAL    RESPECT, 

IS      MOST      CORDIALLY     IN-SriUllED       11  Y 

THE    AUTHOR. 


[advertisement.] 

TriE  following  effusions  would  scarcely  ha\c  been  published 
in  their  present  form,  were  it  not  for  the  favorable  notices 
that  many  of  them  received  as  they  appeared  in  the  news- 
papers both  liere  and  in  the  Provimes.  The  author  is,  at 
the  same  time,  av.Mre  that  more  indulgence  is  usually  shown  to 
productions  of  an  ephemeral  nature  than  to  that  "serious 
affair  —  a   volume,"  when  formally  offered   for  public  patronaore. 

The  gt'eater  number,  however,  of  the  ensuing  pieces  appear 
now  for  the  first  time  in  print  ;  —  some  of  these,  it  is  hoped, 
will   be   found  not   inferior  to   those    already  published. 


ill 


CONTENTS 


r.  '  ■■ 


l-\.s(  lillTIOX 


Pape. 


U)\  KirnsKMICNT 


Vil 


oKMs  : 

The  CluM-Poet's  Wreath 13 

The  Witlicred  IJose 

17 

T!ic  01.!  Times  a.ul  the  Nen- 

19 

Line*  to  Sprhi^L;      .        ■    -y  • 

21 

Tlie  Kujrie-Eye.l     . 

25 

l-lowers    ..... 

28 

The  Lost  Love 

29 

Motherless        .         .         .         . 

30 

Tlie  Lone  Flower  . 

32 

'•  Coniinj;  Events" 

33 

The  Exiled  Minstrel's  Legaey 

85 

Change, 1 

37 

There  "s  a   Pathway  iiefore  u-  tin 

•outrli  Lilt 

38 

Hope  in  the  Future 

39 

IMea-nre 

40 

The  l?elle  of  the  ll.tll  Ito.mi 

41 

I)ay-Dreani< 

43 

A  Ve-per  Fra;:nieiit 

44 

Farewell  to   Terra  Nova 

, 

48 

CONTEXTS. 


Memories 

To  Tenn  Nova 

One  Word  more     . 

T  foiild  not  say  "  Good  Night!  " 

'Ilie  Reply       .... 

"  Killed  and  Wounded  " 

The  Song  of  I'ence 

The  Star  of  Bethlehem 

The  S,.ilor  Boy  an.l  the  Bird  of  Passage 

Sonnet     .... 

C'iistles  in  the  Air 

KXTRACTS    I    !OM   A    PoEM  : 

I.  Spiritualism 

U.  Our  Age 

III.  Friendship  . 

I\.  Love  and  Leaniing 

The  Sailor's  Song  to  the  M,,on 

One  S(.ng  for  thee  before  I  rest 

The  Drowned  Hoy 

The  First  Snow-Fhike   . 

Harvard  .... 

liono        •         •        .         . 

"  II  PcMseroM) " 

Thv   Printer    . 

Fan-t       .... 

Willie's  (Iravo 

Till'  Stin-s 

l''rii'ndli's-<        .         .         , 

The  Strniiue  (HI   Ba-k 

Til.'  Kve  of  the  Gol,|,.|i   Wedding 

Till'    Ki'iifhered   Freniif.- 

The  I.M-t  of  the  1{,.,|   Indian   Warriors 

(■Iai-il.i.|    .... 

To  (jcniu.-i 


T»gt. 

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102 


COXTEXTS. 


XI 


FliAfJMKNTS   OF   AN    UnFIXISIIEI)    PoKM  : 

Morning 1^4 

Beauty 1""> 

Joy  in  the  Beautiful \^7 

The  Rest-Day 108 

Memory 109 

Thougli^s  on  Death    .        .                112 

Thouglits  in  Church lU 

Wealth 116 

Life 117 

The  Angel-\\Tiisper 118 

Midnight 119 

The  Misaxthrope  Melted l^Jfi 

Maiiien  Longings 128 

X.i'ure  and  Art ...  130 

Death  and  the  Woodman 131 

The  Twin  Trees 132 

To  a  .Tug ....  134 

Too  Late! 137 

In   Affliction    ....                  138 

The  Last  Lay 139 

l;  Knvoi 141 


POEMS. 


THE  CIIILD-POET'S  ^VREATH. 


Saepe  pntir  dixit,  otudiuiii  quiil  inutile  tentas  ? 

Ma-onidi's  iiulln.=  ipse  reliquit  opes  - 
Spoiite  sua  carmen  nunieros  veniebat  ad  aptos. 

Et  (|Uod  conabar  pcribere,  versus  erat. 

Ovid. 

I. 

Besidk  a  stream  the  Poct-cliiM 

Sat  Avrcalliiiiti;  wiM-flowiTs,  day  l»y  day; 

Aii'l  t-astiiij^  thom,  in  .iei'ining  I'^'^Vj 
Upon  tlu'  cmTciit,  sweetly  smilcl 

To  sei-  them  <j:ei)tlv  t1o;i;  away! 


II. 


Aiid  tliitu<_.li,  soiiiftiiiu's,  :i  |»:issiii<4  sh;i«k> 
Mas  dim  the  histre  ot'  his  eye, 
And  Irom  liis  treml)hiiii  'ip,  a  sij^ii 


•1^    I      iiiti'it 


lie  joys  to  see  it  sainili.""  h\. 


14 


POEMS. 


iir. 

"•  AVli.'it  nicnns  tliis  strange  and  lone  di'light,- 
And  not  unmixed  witli  care  and  j>uin  ? 
These  ]>retty  labors  are  in  vain, 

Since,  but  one  inom^'nt  in  thy  siglit. 

They  pass,  and  ne'er  are  seen  again  !  " 

IV. 

'•  Nay,  stranger,  nay;  to  so»ne  far  land  — 
Some  distant  clinie,  beyond  the  sea  — 
I'^nknown  alike  to  yon  and  me  — 

The  waves  may  lay  them  on  the  strand, 
And  everv  tlower  a  bk-s-^inir  be." 


V. 

"  Fair  diild,  what  knowest  thou  of  the  deep  — 
The  desolate,  loin',  devouring  main  'i 
Thou  ne'er  mayest  tind  thy  wrt-aths  again  ; 

And  Age  for  wasted  hours  will  weep. 
And  own  this  j-retty  laltor  vain." 


\- 1. 


''Nay,  strang.'r,  nay;  on  that  fir  la!>d. 

Some  pen>i\e  soul  —  -onu'  lonely  eye 
IJeilimmeil  with  tear-ilrops  —  may  espy, 

I'erchanc'/,  a  -^arlaiel  on  the  san<l, 

4  1*  1  I   •  t  .  •  .  . 


Tiiir  ciiild-poet's  ^vkeatii. 


15 


YII. 

"And  witli  the  wreatli  !i  flood  of  tliouijlit 
Pour  tlirongli  tlie  cliannel  of  his  mind 
A  tlioujrlit  ^vith  every  leaf  entwined, 

And  wisdom,  sweeter  since  unsouglit, 
Instruct  tlie  lieart  to  ])e  resigned." 


VIII. 

"  Thou  ai-tless  cliihl,  there  is  no  soil, 

Xo  mead,  tliat  (hjth  not  hear  a  flower  — 
For  sucli  the  universal  dower 

Kind  Heaven  hath  tfiven  to  cheer  our  toil  — 
As  freely  as  the  vernal  shower  I  " 

IX. 

"  Y'-s,  strang-er,  yes;  but  men  do  treail 
Upon  these  lavish  gifts  of  Love, 
And  know  not  they  are  i'rom  ahove  ! 

T'.ey  \nv<t  he  gathen-d,  wreathed  .'I'ld  read, 
Hefore  they  may  a  blessing  jirDxc. — 


X. 

''They  Niffsf  be  gathcreil,  wreathi'(I,  and  read 
Thry  sjK':ilv  a  language  to  tlie  mind  — 
Or  high  or  lnw,  uiilanglit,  rt  lined  ;  — 

And  vet  these  leaves  may  lay  outspread 
in  \am,  be  ihere  no  iiaiui  lo  i»ind.'" 


16 


POEMS. 


XI. 

"  No  hand  to  bind  ?     Wliere'or  a  flower 
May  bloom,  there  '11  be  an  eye  to  heed 
Its  beauty  ;  and  a  mind  to  read 

Its  inner  meaning ;  and  a  poA\  cr 

To  pluck  it  and  to  bind,  if  need." 

XII, 

"  True,  stranger,  true  !    And  God  to  me 

Hath  given  that  power,  tliat  eye,  that  mind ; 
Aii(^  placed  mo  here  to  i)luck  and  bind 

These  sinijde  flow'rets,  and  to  be 

Their  humble  bearer  to  mankind  !  " 


IM 


l»  • 


THE    WITHERED    ROSE. 


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THE    WITHERED    ROSE. 


I. 


I  'AMI-:  ill  tlie  evening,  the  bud  was  just  bursting; 

Twas  a  rose  in  full  blootu  wlien  I  came  tin  jiext  morn; 
At  mill-day  T  saw  it,  't  Avas  fiiding  and  thirsting; 

At  evening  again,  but  its  beauty  was  sliorn! 


II. 


I  looked  on  the  turf wliere  its  ]»etals  were  Iving, 

All  sprinkU'd  witli  dew-cb-ops,  but  sprinkled  too  late; 
I  li-  likened,  and  lo,  the  soft  l)i('e/es  were  sighing 
-    'J'liis  trar-moving  requiem  over  its  fiitc; 


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-All,  namrht  can  restore  tliee,  thou  sweet,  falh'U  fh)\ver: 
I'lif  scntcju-e  j.rouoiinced  against  F.dcn  of  old, 

l>tirKs  to  the  dews  and  tli     vunshjn,.  tin-  power, 
riiy  Icath'ts  oiu'e  perished  auain  to  untold  !" 


IS 


POKMS. 


IV. 

Ami  thus  fall  tlio  loved,  in  the  pride  of  their  bloom  — 
This  rose  is  an  emblem  of  beauty  belov,  — 

The  brightness  of  morn  '-i  extinguished  in  gloom  ; 
And  the  heart  that  Avas  ardent  is  eold  as  the  snow. 


I  took  uj)  the  remnants,  the  fragrance  they  crave 

Was  sweet  as  the  first  breath  exhaled  at  their  birtli ; 

So  live  tlie  dej)arted,  when  eold  in  the  grave, 
In  the  loved  recollection  of  virtue  and  M'orth. 


M  . 


TlIK    OLD    TIMES    A^D    THE    SEVT. 


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THE  OLD  TIMES  AXD  THE  XEVV. 

(srocESTKn    by   the   layixo   of   Tin;    Atlantic   caiu.k.) 

A  MixsTijEL  sat  in  liis  rustic  seat, 

Crooning  an  ancient  strain  ; 
And  tlio  fragrant  breath  ..fthe  autumn  wind 

Whispered  a  soft  refrain. 
As  over  tlio  misty  mountain  side 

Tlie  sha(hnvs  crept  from  their  cave, 
The  minstrel  felt  that  oVr  his  soul 

Came  shadows  from  out  the  grave. 


^\  all  negligent  grace,  a  beautiful  youth 

On  the  old  maiTs  knee  reclinc<l. 
And  a  greyhound  dozed  on  the  velvet  sward - 

A  faithful  companion  and  kind; 
As  the  ancient  sung,  in  his  antique  rhymes. 

The  Wonderful  days  of  old 

Of  turret  and  tower,  and  ladie  fiir, 

Aud  knights  in  armor  of  gohl. 

And  then,  as  hv  paused,  the  youth  looked  up, 

^^  ith  a  half-incredulous  gaze, 
"Yet  more,  my  grandsire,  tell  me  more 

Of  those  wonderful,  dreamy  davs  ; 
I- or  I  iove  the  ring  of  thy  simple  string. 

And  the  gush  of  thy  -piaint  old  rhymes; 

I  ?..4      il     •        1  .1  1  . 

■!-•::;  i.ivwiiiiivs  inc  oiiii  u  jio  is  yi't  uni)orn 
Will  sing  of  more  wonderful  times: 


•_'() 


POEMS. 


I 


"  Since  fire  and  smoke  our  battles  contest, 

And  liglitning  flaslies  the  news  ; 
Our  wagons  are  yoked  to  vapoiy  steeds, 

And  a  sunbeam  j)aints  our  views ; 
While  a  sailless  bark  glides  ovt'r  the  sea, 

Xor  waitetb  for  tide  nor  weather; 
She  spanneth  tlie  main  with  sensitive  chain. 

And  weddeth  two  worlds  together." 

The  minstrel  looked  in  the  boy's  mild  eye. 

With  a  half-incredulous  gaze, — 
"Yet  more,  iny  son,  you  may  tell  me  more 

Of  'these  wonderful,  dreamy  days  ; 
My  buried  times  to  you  are  but  dreams, 

As  yom-  living  times  arc  to  me  ! 
Go,  fetch  thy  shell,  till  I  hoar  thee  tell 

This  i)le;.sant  romance  of  the  sea." 

The  youtli  then  hied  to  the  ancient  hall. 
And  slij.ping  his  shell  from  his  silken  thrall, 

That  bound  it  manv  a  dav. 
Fie  liastene.l  hiin  ])ack  to  the  minstrel's  chair, 
When,  lo,  't  was  void  as  the  viewless  air; 
And  castle  and  knight,  and  ladle  fair, 

I'^ad  faded  forever  a  way  I 


ii 


LIXES    TO    SPRIXG. 


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LIXES    TO    SPRIXG. 


SpmiT  OF  Spring,  by  whose  mysterious  ])ower 
The  lifeless  clod  resumes  its  emerald  vest ; 

Whose  fairy  fingers  form  the  incipient  flower, 
Who  breathes  vitality  in  Nature's  breast,  — 

We  hail  thy  presence  in  the  northern  clime ; 
Thy  voice  proclaims  the  power  of  Winter  o'er,— 

Thy  voice  —  the  music  of  a  foiry  chime  — 
Tiiat  peifmned  zephyrs  waft  from  some  enchanted  shore! 

II. 

Oh,  Spring !  to  me  thou  ever  wert  most  dear. 
Though  luscious  fruit  nor  golden  grain  are  thine  ; 

But  Youth,  the  earnest  of  the  coming  year. 
Sheds  o'er  thy  beauteous  face  a  ray  divine  ; 

And  more  than  for  thy  beauty  thee  I  j.rize, 
(Since  beauty  fiidos  like  hues  of  parting  day,) 

II..pr,  speaks  me  onward  through  thy  beaming  eyes 
As  ill  the  rosy  ho  irs  that  time  has  stol'n  away. 


III. 


Wlien,  through  the  vista  of  departed  vears, 

I^im  flit  the  shades  of  half-forgotten'  sce.ies, 
AVlien  our  youuir  life  fult  not  t',<.>  woiol.f  ,.i-  .„ 


That  on  the 


arm  of  burdened 


manhoow  leaiK^ 


M 


22 


POEMS. 


""S, 


What  bygone  joys  so  close  to  memory  di 
Or  start  so  soon  tlie  tear  of  fond  regret, 
^s  those  which  filled  our  infant  soul  when  Sprin- 
Unveiled  the  slumb'ring  moss,  witli  sparkling  dewHlroj, 
wet! 


IV. 

We  thought  -  vain  thought !  -  -  we  never  more  should 
know 
The  desolating  storm,  the  cold,  rude  rai.i ; 
But  Spring,  like  vestal  fires,  forever  glow. 

And  vernal  blooms  eternally  remain  ! 
Fair  days  of  sweet  sim])licity  and  love  ! 

Bright  days  of  innocence  without  alloy ! 
When  our  young  souls  seemed  linked  ^nth  souls  above- 
And  the  green  world  around  a  i>aradise  of  joy 


.- 1 


V. 


E'en  now,  as  some  i)oor  ]>risoner  of  des])air, 

Who  (hiy  by  day  bemoaned  his  hapless  fate. 
Inhales  with  rapturous  joy  the  ambient  air, 

When  far  behind  he  Icuves  his  dtrngeonrnto  : 
So  we,  released  fi-om  Winter's  tyrant  sway. 

Bathe  our  glad  bosoms  in  th'  ethereal  tide  — 

Bask  in  the  warmf.  of  Spring's  rekindling  ray — 

And  tune  our  amorous  lyres  to  hail  the  coming'bride  ! 


MXEs  TO  si'iax<;. 


23 


VI. 

Si-irit  of  Sj.riiig!   wlir.t  niystio  laws  are  tliiiie  ! 

Wliat  mind  can  i)enotrate  thy  wondrous  art ! 
Wv  can  no  more  tlian  offer  on  thy  slirine 

That  hic.odk'ss  sacrifice,  a  grateful  heart. 
What  seciet  power  calls  forth  the  tender  blade;  — 

Whence  comes  the  life  that  animates  the  clod ; 
How  Viewers  are  dyed,  i)erfumed  ;  tre^s,  rocKs,  arrayed  ! 
(".in  nu.rtal  tongue  declare  ?   No  tongu.  declare  but  God  ! 

VII. 

Then  let  my  feet  the  dewy  carpet  press, 

While  orient  Piuebus  lea<ls  the  hours  along, 

And  (,h,  my  soul,  thy  ardent  joy  express 
111  secret  praise,  if  not  in  glowing  song! 

How  sad  their  fate,  who,  languishing,  are  laid 
Where  fevers  burn  or  c«'aseless  i>ains  e.Jiaust, 

\\  here  sca.ve  a  beam  can  pierce  tli'  infecied  shade. 
And  Springs  ethereal  balm  and  influences  lo^jt! 


VIII, 


^'<'t  su.-h  is  mine  !     Great  God,  to  thee  I  owe 
The  rountless  mercies  of  thy  buunteous  hand  ; 

•^'veet  health,  the  suiisliine  of  our  bliss  below, 
Thes,.  s:l,yl  h.aves  wide-scat tere<l  o'er  the  land! 

An  eye  that  h)^ .  Hness  ne'er  fails  to  please, 
A  mind  tn  p..iider,  and  a  heart  to  pour 

Its  gu.hing  love  ;  — Almighty  Father,  these, 
'  'H'se  are  thy  treasures  free  ;  and  need  I  ask  for  more! 


1^4 


POKMS. 


IX. 


1  iHc  ri'joieo 


ram 


Flow,  tlicn,  ye  pfurtilint.-  HUs,  —  -^vit] 

Ulnw  softly,  winds,  aii.l  iiiiriolc  in  tlic  st 

\  0  i^Tovcs,  1)('  vucmI  with  lianiioiiious  voice 
IJolI  tliy  dec],  solo,  tliou  majestic  inai:i  I 

Join  ill,  ye  waterlalls.  yon-  wild  not 

IJIeat  (.lit,  ye  wandirers  <<("  tlu'  tlowery  vaK 

And  let  the  ^Ind  liosannas  of  our  ]iraise 


es  v;m> 


Asc(  ,id  aloft  to  Hi'a\ei 


1  as  incense  on  tli 


e  naie 


May.  Is,- 


l.'li;    i;.\(,i.i;-i;vi;i) 


J.-) 


TiiK   ^:A(,[J<^^:^  Ki). 


\v 


iimi':i;  Ii.im  iIi,,ii  1;u,.|v  w  ;iii(k'ic'<l. 


( 


iliM 


CMLi'lc-CVC 


T\ 


ii'ouudi  the  (..•/•til,  ,„•  softly  lluate.i 

•MoilU'  lilt'  cIiMkIs  (III    lii^li  'f 


Tell  !ii(.  wlicic  tliv  tli-Iit   h.is  1 
Wll.'ll    thv  >c,ii(l 


•cell 


hiil;'  sjojii  )i;,^  sc'C'ii. 


IT. 


V.-:  il 


IC   cldUill.llKl  •,   ti)|illl.i-t    licii^Iit 


*  M't  i-c-t  I'.iiiM'ij  iii\   li 


l:mIiiiiil':  lli"lit.  — 


ll.i^k 


iiil;'  111  t!i    (  llicri.i 


1  l;I"\\ 


^^'.•ll.•|lillu■  (•.M'tli  lliat   i-(.llci|  licl 
l-'rum  my  aii\    ic-t  iiiw-.|,|.i,-(., 
I    licln'ld   till'  liiiiiiaii   race 


<iW 


llkl'    \\  eel--    IIImHI    I 


H'   ' ail. 


Will 


I    .'I    >\  MM    aiHl    lll\  vlir    ,11, ai 


'>ll 


I  >  Ilk   el. Ml. I- 


W 


|||\\  l\    Ii<a|,in; 


licaidli';-. 


"  Il  a  nun  iiiiii'  :is  ,  ,f  \(    .  iiiii"" ; 
Itaiiiici--.  -Ircaiiiiiiu-.  w  ai--st('ci  i^U-aiiiiniX, 


■Murh    ,,\'    I||c,|i;|.\  :||    ,| 


rcaiiiMn;, 


III  tl 


li'-  lad  -('\li>!lli 


!I 


•i\  <'iil\    !  null  III -I'clc.l,  I 


H'lllllljM' 


>niil 


\ ,  a^  It    Hull   \',  (  |-( 


"li'iiiiiiii 


l>nl   a  iii\  I 


Il  'I 


I    Mi-|piii(|  iia^-c 


M 


•J(i 


roKArs. 


(),  thou  ;ircli-;niui'lic  foi-iii  I 
liidiiiL;"  i>\'V  lilt   n'.'itlu'i-iiiLi"  ■^tunn, 
Tliou  iiut'^t  live,  tliouuli  ;ill  shoui'l  tail 
"Truth  :,-  lifcat,  and  will  [.rex  ail  I" 

III. 

IIa)>j»y,  hM|)]»y  creature,  tli<'U, 

(J'IUmI  thus  t.)  >ee 
All  the  iiinllit(ii-iii^  ot"  iMrlh  — 

I-'ruiii  ii^  e\  ils  \'vvv  I 


u* 


•) 


,  IV. 

False  I   (lnv.t  tlidU  su]i;Mi-.e  tli.it    I, 

Who  iiilialilt  eai'tli  or  sky, 

.lust  a>  I'aney  hiiK  uie  ^m. 

Have  not,  ti.o.  my  >liare  oi'  woeV 

Free(lc.ni  is  n-'i    l*lea>ure"^  sire; 

Ale  there  liuiil^  to  doire  ? 

I>  tilt  re  oU'_:hl   we  wotiM  U"'   ruh' ? 

(Jo  and  a-k   Aiidiiliim  ■-  Ion]  — 

'I'll  lii^  ear  a  w  orld  in  t  hi'all  — 

Still  he  (lie-  —  ••'run  -mall,  ton  -inal 

"r  i-  ni  \   nii--iiin  i  u  -mv  ey 

Natni'e'-  mv-t'iy  ni_ht   au'l  day; 

And  niin\il''l\    lo  n  ImIc 


I  " 


Kviry 

ehau'.; 

'   . 

nid 

e\ 

rr\   -tate  — 

Every 

I.uhhl, 

■   t 

hat 

m 

IS   i-isc, 

l'!\  «'i\ 

m<tei> 

1- 

1-  it 

II 

es, 

Kv<rv 

niinht 

W 

lis 

T    •_ 

1 

K\t'rv 

/e|ill\ 

'  . 

>  it 

1.1 

M\\    S, 

riiK   i:a(;i,i:-i;vi:i). 


E\-erv  tom]iest  as  it  m.ii's, 
Every  |iinii)ii  as  it  soars, — 
.\ii<l  if  I  slioul"!  l().>k  scri'iio 


On  tl 


lis  cvor-vai'itMl  sci'iic, 


Tliiiik  ii(»t,  ll 


Ills  serene  ami  mil 


I  am  as  a  tliuiiLrlitK'ss  eliiM  I 


TI 


leri'  s  a  mirror  in  mv  Iireast, 


J'irt 


ures  true  this  wiM  iinrot 


No  y(»n  cloud  s  eom|»laeeni  form 
]N[ay  1»«-  |preL,niaiit  with  a  st 


orni, 


Yet  it  sails  tliat 


a/.iire 


Lik 


e  an  anL;-el-ari.'-<isv 


("an  r  see,  ami 


set 


intr  i'e 


i'a\e 


Tsauixlit  of  liiiman  woe  or  weal? 
Do  I   feel,  ami  sllouM   I 
At  the  Tyrant  of  the  ( 
Can  we  trace  th'  et 


irave 


ernal 


\\' 


II  V 


(iai 


'aiiriel  kno\\>   t  were  vain  totrv 


\\' 


III   o 


All 


ur  sii,  f  ice->earcliinif  tell 
that  doth  in  ocean  d\\  ell  '' 


() 


r  i>ne  ha>-t  v 


aiice  on  hi'.-li 


"1\  ■•  'he  piolihan  i<\'  ihc  ^k 


w 


!  a  I    w 


•III  our  -^l^■lrch^l 


1     U--    IKl) 


11   \  1  e  w 


If   il    Irarl 


K\cry  |.|ia-(    ..f  earth  .-ind   •-k 


\\'ilh  a  li..jK'fid,  fniht 


ul  e\  (• 


Kech 


c  (  !•-   iiui,  >.  s|pa(M.-\\  :i|-d  hurled 


Tt  uantv  <if  .ill  iinl 


Minwn  u  .irld 


.Ami  u|N,||  liijv  caiiji  aic.iK', 
To  oiir^eh  e^  the   1110-1    uukll 


" W  II 


28 


i'i.i.\rs. 


L 


FLOAvi:i;s. 


liKU' 


T'l.ANT    soni"  flowci's.  ucntlt'  T<l;i, 

III  the  siiiisliiiic  ;iinl  tlic  --li.'ulc  ; 
Xinsc  tliciii  a--  tlirv  li,ii'-t  .iii'i  lilo>s(»ni, 

\\  alcli  lliciii  as  llic\-  drodji  ainl  "    ' 
SiH'  liov.   Minii  the  Icihlcr  vcciMinn' 

IJiscs  iVdiii  llii'  lil'ca'vs  s(iil  — 
IfiMir  1(\   li(Piii'  still  i;'ru\\  ifii;-  CairtT- 

W'it  IhMn  wcarliu'ss  or  tnil. 


Sec    lllClll     softly    luMillo--  folcliiin; 

F.rc  tJK'  ('(liiiiii^- >t ('[IS  of  iiiLflit  ; 
Sec  tliciii  o]n•llill^■  in  tlic  nioriiiiiL:' 

To  tln'  'lew  -ilrojiN  aii'l  tlic  liulit. 
Tlicii  liclioM  ilicii-  \\oiiirron>  licaiitv  — 

Is  tilt  re  aiiL;iit  on  raith  inoi\'  fair! 
IIow   llicv  Iriiil  tlii'r  licavcnlv  pcrfunic 

l"'r('cl\   to  tlic  suiiinii  T  air  I 


[>o\c!\    llow ci'^  !    1(1   iiic  liml  t  licni 
Wlicrt'sooviT  tli(\   ina\   Mooni;  — 

<  )'(r  the  nicailow  s  -  -  l._\   tlic  loM.jvid^.  — 
III   I  lie   \     II  ('_\     —  on    t  lie   ton  ill. 

I.,^•t    1  liclll    'It  rk    I  lit'   '  I  ll-t  \    cliaiilli"!-. 

Wliccc  till'  liii-y  -iintllc  |ili<'s  — 
h'or  llu'\   v|,i   iK  of  waviii'.:  Iiranclu'^, 


II 


i|i|i|in'^-  ~-tnani>  aii'i     iiiiii\   -kii 


nil;   i.osi    i.(»vi: 


29 


Aye  :  tlit-y  tell  of  flowers  (tcriinl, 

BIooiiiillL;-  ill  till'  fields    ■il»o\(', — 


Biinliiio-  lii'avcii  nii<l 


I'lir' 


With  a  t'raiii-aiit  Avixaiii  of 


•tliur 


io\  e. 


I'laiit  thciii,  111 


en,  my  |in'tty  Id; 


III  llic  ^iiiisliiiK-  ami  tlic  slia«l( 
Nuisc  tlii'in  as  tlicv  Imist  aii'l  1 


•  lossoiii 


\^  atcli  flicm  as  they  di-oop  and   fad( 


'11  IK    LOST    I.OVK 


'riii;i:i:   was  a  liark  witliout  a  licliii,- 

I'liLiuidcd  o'er  lln'   \va\r  ; 
No  |M.it  was  near,  no  liL;ht  was  tlicri', 

No  hand  to  i^iiidc  or  saxc. 


Al; 


Is 


No  liaiid  to  'j; 


iiHic  or  '-ax  f 


W  I'.ii.  lo,  tlicif  caiiic  an  an^cl  lair. 
And  licld  tile  lit  a, -on  liiiL;lil  ; 

l>nl  ere  iiic  jonc  >-lii|i  rcat'licd  tlif  --iiiiii 
Sjir  lied,  and  ail  wa-  iii-lit 


A-: 


nil 


ln'  lUo.  ami  all  w  as  ni"iit  ' 


30 


roKAr-^. 


.MOT    KKLESS. 

\V  K  iiiiss(Ml  hci-  wlioii  tin.  iiioniino   Mm 

Its  tl('(w!s  (if  l)(.;iiity  |.(Mirc(l  ; 
\\  r  missel  luT  in  tlR.  matin  liyiiin, 

.NihI  round  tlic  family  lioaril. 
Aii.l  waml'i-inu'  'moii--  tlu'  i\v\\\  ll(.\vi.'ix 

Sweet   \(.ices  tilleil  the  air, 
Kilt  soiii.-thii)o-  seemed  to  iiiunuur  still 

<>r<{iie  that  was  iiol  then'. 


And  w  hen  oui-  link'  playmates  came. 

They  came  not  as  of  old. 

'Idieir  clouded  lirow  >  .m,!  v\  hi^pere.l  \\,,i-, 

'Idle  s;|l|n.  ...-id   sti'!-\-   toM. 
And  e'en  tln'  idle  \  illaiie  Liron|> 

lu'sjieeled  oiir  distfe--,  — 
And  mirth  ixww   silcni  ,,n  lie-  lij.,^ 

That  si-hed  —  "  Th.'  niot  hei-i'ss  !  " 

\\  hen,  al    the  e\eninu"v  peaeefid  e|(»e, 
N\  e  I'realiied   (he  ,.\  enJiiu;-  |ir  i\er, 

<  Ml  I     hoi\     e;|c||    ;  ehiiiM-   l,,iv,,i||    f(d| 

<  >iie   \  oiee  au  aiitiiiu  tiiei'e  I 

<  )ne  ucntle  \(.iee.  that   e\er  fell 

Like  sufi   aiiuclie  ^ti-iins,  — 

<  >r  min-liiiL;  w  ilii  oiii   niernm:  nt. 


() 


r  s((((t  iiiiiM  III  ,,111' 


nain- 


>fHiiiKi;i  !<>. 


:^1 


\V 


V  iiiissc'd  lici-  wlu'ii  tile  aiitiuun  1 


(.■a\  (.- 


W(.'ii1  nistl 


iiiLj-  ()\'i-  the  h'i-ouikI, 


\V 


(■  missed  luM-  wlu'ii  the  i<'c-kiii<-  mvcd 


J 


II  -t')nii  and  dai-kiicss  r 


oir 


Xoi-  liave  tlic  lull 


iiii:-  \cars  t'ttiu-ed 


Tlic  M-(.uiid  llius  c-irly  made, — 
Full  (.fl  we  i'e.l  the  •^icliino-  v<ii.]" 


I')  suii^liii 


K'  or  in  shad*. 


K'Hi 


<i> 


3:» 


roi.Ms. 


THE    LOXE    FLO^V^:li 


Fak   in  :i  (Ifscrt  wide  jiihI  l»lc;ik, 
A  l(i\cly  il(>\v*i-ct  spniiiL:'. — 
.Vloiii'  —  lor  ii(,t  a  >linil)  was  near, 
AihI  nut  a  plant  tlic  saml  il'hl  heai', 

Uiil  till-  |K»i>r  thin--  —  as  tlioii-'li  't  wen-  [lunu', 


With  Icniicr  stfiii  ainl 


eve  so  nut'k. 


An  ontcast  from  its  kind,  to  >vvk 


A  loil'^fini'iit  anvwl 


)v\\'. 


Tl 


ion  lonely  u'cin  I  ^.o  fair,  so  sweet. 


Ah!  ..it 


I'lty  yon  slioiild  jjc- 


'roni  iiian  and  flo\wr  so  many  a  paee, 
lere  none  yonr  mode-t    matcliless  'j;r:\r 


\VI 


And  tint' 


-<»  e.\<jni-ite  nia\-  sve 


I'ooi-  InTinit-lilossom  I    tiiee  I 


.U'feet, 


As  ul 


len,  in  ioreioii  lands,  \\v  meet 


A  1 


rieiid  s  lainiliar  fa( 


3Ji'tlioiiulit  the  flow 


ei't't  s  \oi 


ee  arose 


In  aceeiits  niihl  an 


M    low 


"The  Hand  that  f(.inied  tl,,.  sand  voii  lirad, 
'Jdiat  stretched  the  h 


iea\cns  ahove  vour  liead. 


M 


y  siiioj,.  sredliim-  \>^'yi'  did 


sow 


What   liea\  eiily  w  is,], ,111  doth  <! 
Con  ri;N  r  no  liii;! 


|Sl„,v 


So  /(.,■>   I  "11 


L:lier  station  know 
-e,  lit   each  <_;-alc  that   I 


MOW 


Till  all  my  lea\  es  are  shed. 


-^^ 


<  ••.M1N(;    K VENTS."' 


33 


'•corny a  kvkxts." 


Ciiii.i)  (,f  the  fl-iitliU.ss  bivast, 
With  the  f.M.rs  tinsel  dix'ssM, 

Ldviiio-  to  bask 
In  the  soft  |(h':isiiiv-l»t'aiii. 
And  without  mcasui-i'  dream, 

Wliy  «h)st  thou  ask:  — 

"Man  of  t]ie  tliouo-lutiil  hrow, 
AVhei'e  are  the  )iro[»liets  now 

Are  they  not  dead  ? 
Agc-<hist  eoneeaUnof  them, 
Time  not  reveahng- them, — 

Vain  to  he  re,".d  I" 

Mole  of  humanity, 
Si:i  and  |iro|;inity, 
AV  ords  oi"  iiistuiit  v 

Th<M;-l!th'»Iy  s|K'aking! 
Dim  ai-e  those  eyes  of"  thhie, 
niack  aiv  those  skies  of  thine  ; 

A\  Iial  art  thou  si't'kin^- y 

Out  from  the  earthly  holes, 
Filled  with  the  o.its  ;iud  uioles,— 

Sightless  their  eves  I 
Lo,  the  [Ho|,|ietie  I)a\-  I 


Liiiht, 


witli  a  \\(tnder-r, 


M 


I'riglit'neth  tlie  sk 


J ' 


les 


m 


34 


Not  sucl:  a  tiiiu',  T  Avecn, 
i'^viT  ill  rartli  was  st'i'ii, 
As  <li-a\v('tli  near ; 

When  a  like  mysti'vy 
111  tlic  world's  liistory, 
^Vs  (loth  aiijicar? 

llark  to  the  cfasclt'ss  roli 
Soiiiidiiiii'  iVoiii  ]iol('  to  ]>ok', — 

Living-  waves  How  ! 
Xatioiis  of  every  shade. 
People  of  every  i^'rade, 

Run  to  and  .Vo  1 


Each,  with  a  kiiowledi,a'-ray, 
Turning  the  niglit  to  day, — 

Falseliood  (low  ii-luirled  ! 
Truth,  witii  him   iruiui>et-1)la.st, 
Gathering  her  legions  vast, 

Over  the  world  I 

Canst  thou  the  nieauing  read? 
I)i.>>t  thou  the  waruiug  heed? 

—  Time  t'\  w  tlic^  I  — 
Set'  to  tho-^e  laiiips  lit'  thine  — 
Knipty.  they  faintly  shine  ; 

'Wake  and  ai"i>e  I 


TiiK   KXir.Kit   ^tI^•s^I:^:r."s   r.i;.;.\rv 


35 


.'i.i 


THE    KXILKD    MIXSTIIEL\S    LEGACY. 


\Vm;\  the  poor  Insli  niiiislrc]  fVlt  (loatli  drawiii"-  iii^l! 


II 


IS  li;i. 


'Uin'  nc'Lcli't 


tc.l,  I 


II'  seizes  ;iLi-;iiii 


And  the  uild  o-leam  <it"  Ixivli '  wk.  idio  1 

A>-  the  siher  eords  trill  to  the  heart -iiiel 

lie  Liazed  on  tlie  Iiillows  that  tossed  their  w  I 
W  liile  the  eool  ocean  bive/t's  1 


lis  eve, 


tiiiu"  strain. 


lite  s|iray, 


us  snowv  locks  t; 


ill 


He  looked  toward  liis  isjanddiome,  f-n-,  t] 


ir  awav 


Til 


en  swej.t  a  soft  invlude,  aim    'iiis  lie  1 


K'liaii 


'Hiey  t.ll  me,  ()  Erin,  thy  child 
'rh.\     treii^th  and  thv  lieaut 


reii  are  \\ailmo-, 


V  ;  re  sunk  to  deeav. 


Thy  ureatiiess  and  uTaiideiir  are  h  'j.clesslv  failiiiL;-, 
A-  the  towers  of  Dnid.ro.lv,  they're  <'riinl.l 


uiU  a\\a\', 


l.ikc  the  eaule  that  fa.uied  the  Miie  depths  (,f  the  sk' 


iiid  clca\ed  the  while  cloiid  with   1 


lis   Mill-Gilded  crest. 


\V 


len 


:itli  dims  the  hri^htiiess  that  ulanced  from  I 


lis  e\c. 


A 


ii'I  lie  l>eats  the  cold  rock  with  li 


IS  (jui\  eriiig  breast 


(>  I 


111  !   iiiv  land,  tliou 


i^'ii  loiiLj-  aiisi'iil  from  thei 


H'li  ni-htly  r  sink  to  niieasv  re) 


lose, 


ea. 


A 


sec  thy  fair  meadows,  sweet  (Jem  of  the  S 
Ami  piv>s  the  soft  hanks  where  the  Ulackwater  Mows! 
yr,  frcdi  ill  my  slnnil>er  comes  every  loved 


'iHMie 


w 


lei'e  olt    III   ij-i 


ee  iioyliood  I  \\aiidei-e(l  aloiu 


•^iid  the  \'a!e  of  A 


\  oca  is  maiithii' 


II     ci'l'i'i'll 


As  it 


\\.is  in  the  l)ri_i;iit  days  when 


care  was  unkiiow  n 


!iG 


I'OKMS. 


''  I  mv.'ikf.  — 't  is  a  \isi(»ii  —  forcvcT  arc  IIimI 
The  roUiiiu'  Hlackwati-r  ami   iiicaili)\\  s  >(>  fair 


IV  U'a\cs  () 


t"  A\(»('a  arc  wuIm'Ii'iI  aii'l  dead, 


While  <fl()()iiiy  Slicvi'  Doiiiiai'il  rc-ccliocs  dcsjiaiv. 
/v  lii^lit,  w  aiK Trill u"  luiiistrcl  was  I  \\lirti  a  'toy, 

Ami  I  knew  every  iiioiiiitaiii  and  \allcy  and  strenni 
Mv  liar]i  ami  my  country  eiiin|ileteil  my  Jny;  — 

But  all  that  reinains  to  me  lU'W   i<  a  diram. 


•'Hut,  au'aiii  shall  thou  tlourl^h.  my  Knierald  Isle, 

Though  dim  he  thv  skies  and  t'orsak"ii  thy  shore, — 
ThouLiii  droo|iiiiu,'  ami  helpless,  't  i>  hut  tor  a  while. 

To  be  fairer  and  ■^tl•on^•el•  than  c    -r  hefore. 
I/ike  the  see(l  that  is  scalti'reil,  it  lives  in  the  Li'i'oum!. 

'I'lioU'jh  the  shackles  of  winter  lie  cold  to  its  heart  ; 
So  \\n'(\  though  till'  chains  of  o|>])res'>i(iii  <urroun<l, 

\v\  ^\v  soul  of  thy  greatness  shall  ncNcr  di'jiart. 


"Mav  \irtue,  and  peace,  and  contentment  he  t!:^ne  ; 

Let  th<'  olived;ranch  wave  wliei-c  the  laurel  twines  now 
'i'lie  wea-jious  ot' si  rile  for  the  sickle  rcsiuu, — 

I"'or  the  laurel  eiicirch's  hut  tyranny's  hiow. 
l>ut  wliat  can  a  ])oor  dyiiiu'  minstrel  hv'^low. 

Save-  the  soiiu"  of  his  harp,  which  i    ■     iiiiiot  restrain  ? 
[1   it  teach  hut  one  ho-<oin  with  ardo;  (  ■  i;'low', 

()  Kriii  I  his  harp  has  not  sounded  in  va.in!" 


% 


rilAXGEI). 


CITAXGED. 


The  Iiills  may  rise,  th 
Xcn-  cliaiio;e(l  tlicir  1 


Earl 


e  i-ivei-s  flow, 

)eauty,  jilace,  or  iiaiiu', — 


1  siai-  ix'tain  its  ancient  dow, — 


But 


tvo  are  not  tlic  saini 


Vou  (livam  tliat  Fat 


TJ 


0  may  yet  vestoiv 


loso  voutlitiil  visi 


ons,  warm  and  1>rii>ht 


Sliemay;  but  never,  iv    er  more, 
That  eliarm  tliat  o-ave  (U  lio-ltt  ! 


'I'iiiu'  may  not  yet  liave  wrou^lit  deeav 
>»or  urari'  nor  loveliness  estranged  • 

Ijut  ah!  the  ,svv^//has  tied  away, 
Siuee  you  and  I  are  elian<>-ed ! 


■Tf' 


:ts 


i'i»i:\r- 


•ifi's   A    l^\'^Il\v.\^    ni;i()i;i':   is 


TM  |> 


Miforcii    Ml  i<: 


TiiriMi's   M  |i;iili\\;i_s   I,,  Tuic  11^  1 1 1  luii-l  i  |iH.,  nn   |,,v 


If  s  :i  ii.il  hw  ,i\    l.,'l 


lire    l|N  I  liiiiil'-li    lilc 


All'l    lll(|ll^Il    lirli.ils   III'    IkmiiIN     .lllil    In,,.-.   ;||C    || 

^  «•'    !■  .iliN    ;i  l»l-:iiiiMr  .-iinl  iii:iii\    ;i  l:iic. 


1 1  re 


W 


iiiii>t   liii<!  ill  this  |i:ii 


|':il  iiw  :i  V  ul'  III,',  iii\    I, 


I  I . 


• 


Ami  llir  villi   will  iimI   .-ilw.iw  |„    l.iiL;iil.  iii\    l(i\c, 

N  "I"  tln'  II  Kill  -111  .1  |i,r  tniiiiil,)i|s  li'_;|it  ; 
lliit  iii;iii\  ;i  ^1i;i.|m\\  miisl  il.iikcn  mn'  skies, 
AihI   iii;iii\    .-i  cmIiI,  vnlj.Mi  (riii|M"~t   .niv,. 

Ill    till'   |..||||\\,|\    l:,.|;,i-,.    I1-,   tllldll-ll    liCc,   m\    I,,\t. 


I  I  I 


\'omm   M:i_\    will  ih'l   ,ilw.i\s  )„'  niiis,  nr    li>\c, 
Willi  Im  r  <lrw -s|,|iiilJ,.,|  iii;iii(I,.  ,,|-  ll,,\v,.|-s; 
Our  lilts  iiiiist   \>r  vlri|.|  iil  in  ih,.  pitilr-s  mjiIc. 

All'!   Ill;    III, If  lil.jsi  ,,r  wiiili  T  iiiii^t  .,11,. II   |,n.\:iil 

1,1  .1  I     ,.  .  .... 

»■'   ''i'    [•:;;  n ".".  ,i">    ii,  i.iji-  ii>  i  in  i>ii:_;ji  iiji.,  iii\    i,i\c 


'""■'      IN     /III.    II    II   i;i:. 


:iu 


I  V 


"'"    "•■■'\''ii    will  ruy  !,..   |„.;u-,  my   lovr, 
•^"^'    ^^''    I"  <M'-||    uIImi-   !„■   ,!,.;ir; 

'''!""  -'^v.-.v  will,  ;,1|   vi.ln....,  n..,-..\..rn.j,in,.;_ 
l"'i.\  l"\.'  is  i„_v  smI;,.-,.,  ;h„|  n,li,..  uill  !„•  II, in.. 
'■'"'■  ^'>"'''"  "''^  I'.illiu.i.v  ll,n„,.r|,  lii;.,  „,y  1,,,,. 


"<>'•'';     'N'    TflK     riTCIJK. 


w 


II  V 


""""■"  ''"•""•  "hii--  tl,.,l   i;.,vv.r;,n.  ,,:,...  ,|  _ 
""■  ''l">-""i-iii'l   l.i,i,l,;..,,,|-   \nn\h\.u,n:y  .M.iy '/ 

'■"'    '''"•    '^'''■'■^'    '    I'    I-  Mill.'. UN    l,MU     .|,u,l    ,|,,..v    iM;,    I    :" 

•^"  '  ""•  '■■''' \^^  "I'  lill'  ;iiv  ;is  II,.,. lino-  ,.,s  (in.y. 

^^'  "">  '"^<''"i--^  i..Mk  ,,„  ti..-s,T„,.sor..„,-,"i,,i,ih,„„i, 

•^'"'  '''■•■■""  "'••'•  ''"•  \i-i'.ii^  Ili.il  u;,vr  ,1-  ,i..|i..|,,, 
''\\'"'''''  ""■"'■'  li.H"i,(.,.r,lH.  I:ik..  ..,n,|    l!,..  u,|,hv.„„|, 
'''"'  ^"iii"i''i-'-    iiiiM  ii,n|-,,in..  ,.,„,|   \viMl,.,-\  l..„.j-  ni.^ht  ; 


'"'  ■'  '-  ^■•i''i  <■'/•.;//•'/  II,..  l.,i._.I,,  ,I;,vs  1 1,;,,  ..in.,/,.,'; 
''"'"■""'l'l'-'siin-.,r,.|,,MI„„M|  •(  i.  „m|,.-.  Iu|,i.,..; 

'''";"-'' ^''" '"•""!-"'■' iiiii-.i.-iiiri,,  „.„,.,„..,•,.,' 

''"'■'  I""'''  "">   '"•  "iir^  ul„„  ih,.  .ui,  >|,;,li   ,i,., 


•,   iJlIC 


"■"""'1'^   '"  ""■  '''"'""••'  'l"-n-li  |.h-aHurc-M;.ii,i  ^W...-.,.. 
■'^'■!V  s,.,.,„  I,.  |„.  I,,,,  i„  .,  „i..i,|,|,,,,.,  ,.,.  ,,„,.,, ^^^ 

'^''ii'l  Il.-.n.n  will  kin.ll,.  :,  |„,li.,-  !.,..,„,-_ 

•^"■'•i">'  uiil.  tl,.'  s„„,  .Mil  ...ns ,  ,1,,  ni.MTM  .  ' 


10 


I'iii:ms. 


I'l.KAscin-: 


•  V  >  ^:mi 


ic  \\;i\, 


'I'iikim:  juiinicuMl  n  slraiin-rr  .mt  Ar.il 
All  wc.iiy  ;inil  l";iiiit  wiili  tlic  |..ils  ni'tl 

I    iicoiischMis  (.r  w.'itrr  (lie  cniis.'  in  Iiis  li.in.l, 
An. I    \oi.|   w.is  his  scrij.  rw  llic  .l;i\\  11111^-  ( 

He  l;"Mir( i,I  still  <iii\\  .•ir.|,  fur  ilimK 


w  ;is  s'H'ii 


A  I'dck  ill  (lie  «Ii-l.iiicc  ;   jii^  | 


If.;   I    \\;is  clad 


Willi  the  l,u|i.-  (f  a  fouiilaiii  ami  \>:\A 


\\ 


u  re  the  cN  |ii 


CSS  I  >  (■r>lia<l()\\  cij  I 


iiia^'c  '^rccii, 

If  clih-tcriiiL;   ilatc 


lie  cainc  to  t1ic  spot  ;   I>iit  tlic  mcK  was  : iii|,|, 

Tlif  ilal.  ^  an. I  the  cNiircss  wryr  witli.ird  aii'l  -^.ic 
AipI  In,  wli,  ,1  til,.  li,.|,(.-|,roiiii'>c.|  (■..iiiilain  was  I'uiin.l, 


He  -larlc.j,  !' 


So  1! 


>  1 1 1 1  ■  1 1 1 1  ra  '^M ' 
Ami  lalx.i-  il 


ii.iiiulil  iiiit  a  \  i|.('r  w  as  tlur( 
el  I'lcaviirc  w  (•  imiitals  imrstic, 
if  l.'iiii;  liiiv  ,.t"  .jl.ir\-  til  "aiii  : 


IJiil   va\ ,  w  lull   we  r 


cadi  w  hat 


I). 


w  »'  in. ire  I  hail  tli 


'•  l.'n._;  I--  111   \  lew , 


<•  \"'  '!■  lami-hr  I   Aral)  allaiii 


I  III';    liioi.l.i;   OF 


I'llli     KAI.I.     |;(K»M. 


11 


"'"•"    ^'^-ll^y-    "i-    Tin-:    |;.\(.L    I, 


<)().\l. 


\v 


||^    <'"iii(t||  tl 


II'  ^li;i'l>i\\ 


w 


nielli 


w 


>>     ll'M\.tl,    III,.    si,;|,    oftlK-    >..|,|, 

"■'■''  '■""1'^  I". Ill- a  i,u<„|.,|,.,_v  ,,|-  li^i, 


All. I 


\  MiiiiM-  lica,'!^  ;,,, 


I  I.I 


(■  i"iiiii(|||,, 


.■i!i'l   "lai 


'    '""^"'    ""   ••|'.!Mlls    i;.,-   Ihv    JM'.iil 


ll.nr  I 


•    iiil  v  am 


I    .i'-!|i<-  in 


Cli 


'■•'I'  il|'-'    •••ll'l   let   .lull 


ifv-,  ( !c|,ar 


.>  Ill 


•■  '■'vc  uli.T..  .Misaiii!i,.,,j,v  ,|u.  ||. 


\  i-iN  ..r  |,i 


|'l'':i^iirc  ;i|-c  I.ii. 


All, I 


III.'    Is    swit 


'1 


|'.i^^ili'_;'  ;i\\  av  — 


.>-iii..ri',.'.\    iiiav  I 


'I  iiil;-  \  -I!  lU  '-ricC 


Mm 


"-iii'-lil   \. 


11  .■ii'c  .•ail". I  |i,  I 


)<•  •_:-i\' 


I: 


rf. 

''"'"•"-''  ''•■"":  -I'"-!!!.!  I,,...!, ,11,  .1,;,,,., 
''''""'■-•''  ti"su.'.i...i  .,|-„„.|,.,|i,.snso, 

^"  '■'"  '''■il    I   nilii,'^.  ,'..iii!.iii,. 

''"  ^'"''loi  ra.'li  i,i,,i|,,'nl   thai   llics  ! 

■^'''  ^'''  ■^'   ''"'"  V"  ""I     ■!!   wIm.m'  lac.> 
•^''  ••    ''"■  "'"^v  ..r  Vriiii.  ,.\, •;!(._ 

Wlluso   lilllslirSNlUVc-SMVcIv   .li.'lM.. 


'■il<<'  Aiii'r.ia  III,.  I 


H';i\  .'IIS  l,\    iiio'lit  "J 


I 


!f»^ 


42 


|'('|;m-n. 


\§^ 


I 


IIci-  lu'.iufv,  .'iniMr  i-likc,  loc, 

X(t\v  1i.  jlitiu'tli  'lie  (•irclc><  ;ii'(»iu)<l  ; 

IJiit  jii.-i  MS  Ac 're  clinniHtl  uitli  tlic  \\v\v. 
It  is  !j,(MU' I  .'ipil  III)  iiii.ic  iii;i\'  In'  •miukI. 

A    I'fW     Vf.'ll'S  of   L;'1.Ii1iM'"-~   .Ml.'l    WdC  

A  •  ;';isoii  i>\'  sunshine  .•ind  -IkkIc  — 
Aii'l  tlu'si'  cxiiiiivitc  tmiclics,  ur  know, 


y\ 


1-1  —  .•il;is  I   imi^l  ctrniiili V  IikIc 


()    llr,l>i|ll    W  ]l\    lii\(lillCs>  ._;i\  c 


'i 


1 1  Ih'||il!'s  Will  ISC  hie  i<  :i  il:i\' 


Wild  .ire  <c;irc(  l_v  licuiiiiiiiiu  to  live, 

Wlu'll,  lo,  tlicy  licu'ili  to  (l,'c;i\  ! 
'I'liis  il;illoilil  iliiii'X  ol"  :iii  lioiir  — 

'^riioii'^li  iiio,l(--t  ;iii'l  ]\\\\'\  ;!•-  tlic  ilo\f  — 
Vet  ^\\■.•^ys  \\li;it  ;i  w  oi!'l-iuo\  iiiu'  |i<i\\(r. 

Ill  the  |>;i'-~>ion  —  llir  iii;iiliir>-s  ol    !o\  r  I 
A--  tV;iil  ;is  t'li'  ^(■ii--ili\  ('  Imh! 

'V\\:i\  to  touch  it   will  cc.i-c  to  t'\i--t  ; 


Asm 


roll'.''  ;is  N'i:iu:ir;i 


ll K 


'I'liMl  ;iil:i!n;iiit  c.iiiiiot  rc-^ist  I 
l*\iir  iiKiitlcii  I   tiiy  iiioiiicnt-  .tc  hoM  I 

W'li.il   li\cst   liioii,  tlicn.  to  <lis|i|,iy  '.■' 
A   -umIh  .1111  I   ;iii'l  ".  lint   w  ill  t  lum  lioM 

W'licll    tli;il    lliiio  liatll    lllcllcil   ;i   \  :\\    'f 


!>A\  -I)i;i;am 


T)AV-T)I{KAMS. 


i  ;ill 


Tl'  willioiit  its  .l|-c;iliis; 
Tlicsc  arc  (.r  the  nirtainc.]   Fut 
First  Ihiiit  i.l^.;,,|,s  ! 


11  re 


Wli.M  t!ic  spirit  _,.l,,.,i,„.,|  .,,,,1  ,.i,,.,„ilK'r.Ml 


III  licr  Ii(iiis(>  ,,|' 


(•lav 


('.•ilclics  tIir()iiL;Ii  the  ij 
^Morn's  i^lad  ray. 


llllLllMlll   wiikIdw 


l.ik>'  a  incsscii^ci-  innii  ]U:\\ 


(II 


'Iiiu,iiil;-  at  your  prixni  ^aic 


W 


t'C|'    IK'l,   (•.•.|.li\,'  (Mill 


I  slill  smiictli 


IVay-l 


y  —  ii(»j)L'  —  wait 


W 


'I'li<Mi-Ii  all  hcaiitv  is  cNcIii.l,.,!, 
'  aiii  cuiiic  (()  1  hcc, 
iis|M.riiio-— What  thy  warm  heart  h.\cih 


Th 


■lian  st(^ 


m 


If. 


i 


44 


I'oK^rs. 


A    Vl!:sPKR    FIJAGMKNT 


(on    \IsriIN(,   ••   I.ADY    Pi)N 


I.     A  i!i;Ar  I'll  ri,  i.aki;  m;ai:  iiAinion; 


.r.Ai  1  ,  m;\vi  or.MH.ANi).) 


TTark,  liow  the  ccliocs  wakt', 
And  i'\(i'v  I'uDilhll  li.itli  a  t\viii-l»nni  ^oiiinl. 


TI 


>'rv  tlic  sliinulfi'  iiiarLi'in  of  this  !aki' 
{•a>sl     AVIiat  lairal  UiMuty  >|ii\'a<ls  ai-.)aii.l 


w  III'  i->-\'  l»auk  —  tlic  v< 


llic  bii'cluai  lu'iuiid 


Tir  riiiliiii'j.k'.l  si-    )-('tl('<ir.l  III  tlu'  \\a\i'; 

, Villi  strctcliiii:(  uiiwai'il.  in  llif  ili>laii(('  Iioiiiiil 

I>y  ]ii!U'-cIal  Iiills,  where  Meho  lialh  Iier  caxe. 


JU'hiilil,  what  jtivdu^  si^ht  to  all  ha.t  .M  ii 


iiiiioii  -  ^la\  <■ 


I  low   (lit    liath  \Viiit(  i-'^  aihiii 


laiitiiie   liaiiii 


Ilii-hnl  the  s'lfi  niiii'iiiiii's   nl'  th\   ii|i|irnej,'  hrt  ast 


II. 


i\\   oil   hatli  SuiiniKi',  with  hta' Liiaiial  wain 


^\oaiii  with  hliialv  aiel  heaiil\'  Iih'svnl  I 
The  tniT^t   |iiiih  ■^  tha!  (  I'^t  the  iiinmitaiii  iIim^^ciI 
lla\i'  ht'l  iii>  n  liiiiant  >>{'  thcii'  liiniiei'  rci'_;ii  ; 
Thf  liills  ha\('  xarif'I  with  lluii-  (•haii'_;iiiL;  \e^l, 
( l''or  liiiic  aih!  triii|.(-~t   lalmr  iiui  in  \aiii,) 
Hut  thoii  thruii''h  (  \  (  i\   eliaie-f  iiiiail.Teil  ihi'-l    riinaiii 


A    VRSPEIJ    FRAGMEX- 


T] 


US  !s  no  classic  ijrouiKl  —  if  sue] 


1  we  ■inuie 


K'lv  aiu'ieut  deeds  of  eliival 


rv  were  d 


one 


^Vrit  ill  tlie  annals  of 


If  siicli  l»e  el; 


iinniortal  fuiie  — 


issie  ground,  then  (lii.-.  i 


s  none 


Hut  stay;  ])ercliance  e'en  here  were  1: 

And  valiant  deeds  that  waked  no  livin.-  hre  — 


luivls  -won. 


Lings  may  have  here  thei 


And  h 


r  race  of  ^lorv  rui 


■roes  kindled  wa 


I's  eonsuining  lire 


l'>'ivhaiu-e  these  hills  beheld  their  eradl 


c  and  their  j.yri 


Full  oft 


on 


>iig  ere  11 


ycnder  roeky  ]ioint  has  stood, 
K'se  waving  ]iines  first  saw  the  d; 


IV, 


""res.,M-n  son,  s..!e  h.rd  of  lake  an<l  woor]  _ 


lie  ( 


lusky  cliieftain,  — while  I.eneath  him  k 


IV 


''<'  iipplmg-  wavelet,  kissiug  the  last 


rav 


Of  the  <1 


<  i-iin 


ing  sun,     IJi-t  th.in  art  past, 


i""i  >\vai'thy  nionaivh!  thou  art 


A-  autumifs  leaf  In'f 


^n'('])t  away. 
>yv  the  iiorthern  l.]as( 


■I'gotlen  as  a  stone  in  dcj.ths  of 


ocean  cast 


h:i\ 


il  ■   " 


iifi 


.\i:d 


;i^ 


we  fide;   Hot  these  alone,  li 


lit  all. 


-'kc  I,,  the  I'ay  that  ,„,  \,,n 


•  ■I'Muiirv  ro 


CKS 


o   lately 


() 


"K'^  '-111  vanished  now!     n,,\\  .mall 


III'  U'iMii-e  !      I,,,,  at 


<'\ cry  .|o(,]-  he  knocks 


'vraiit    Death, —  and 


)<>( 


Un\v\  relocated  shock 


roy  ,.,.,, 
l.iM  vear 


iires    \\- 


(lis 


Ti 


est-  11 


oOMeii  leaves 


•-.UToulii,  nhi,.!,  „,.u-(he  prevent  nioek^ 


■  re  We  are  Iku 


II  I  111  I-  II' 


'  )i 


''i''''l  delights  |,,.,1; 


IV 


our 


111-   \>  va\ ,. 


•  leatli    to-iiiorrow   '_:rieves 


1^ 


'«f; 


46 


l'<)l:M^ 


FAKEWKLL    TO    TKKKA    N«)\  A. 


IMI'KOMI'TL', 


IC    (h'C    > 


Pkai:   Land  of  my  IVirtli  !  civ  llic  mists  of  tl 

("omrnl  tliy  wild  cliUs  Iroiii  my  linucrinu-  view  — 
(Tlion-li  willing  to  leave  tlun",  yet,  U'aviii.-',  I  whc].,)  — 


a  'iraver 


I'oi-  tliv  weal  lie  mv  soUami  adieu. 


T  le,i\e  IIkh'-,  l>\it  ye^  not  alone  do  T  leave 

Til''  home  of  my  cliildliood,  the  haunts  of  my  youtli;  — 
r>i!l  llie^ouls  :md  the  scenes  iha.t  first  tau-hl  me  towcav^ 

The  iri^duicd  mantle  of  heaufy  and  truth. 


Oh,  vc~  ;  thcv  may  vcoimi  thy  hleak  lace  if  tlu'y  may. 
Who  feel  not   the  life-hh.od  tliat  throh-  .it  the  -u-e; 

Nor  thy  uai'di  of  true  fricml-hi]..  as  l.ri-hl  a.-  the  day, 
And  as  free  as  the  i.iUow  that  hi-eak>  on  thy  -hoiv  ! 


^\ 


\Vh  ;t  -ir;i,,4\  rcvc  soim'ht  tliec,  that  -'Ui-ht  thcc  uuh'assM 
What  eliild  ever  left  ihcc  without  a  reuTet  ? 

\\\-\  w!c>  th'i.t  hath  clun-:  to  thy  "-c  lerou-  hreast 
Could  hi'    thee  f.'i'cvta'  lai'cwell  —  and  forgi.t? 


i'Ai;i:\vi:i,r,  T(.  tkkka   ncva 


W'liat 


iiu'iiioric's  tliickoii,  ;is  dinilv  vvwiU 


iH-r  ,-,„n,,,r(st].;,t  s.nilc  .-.t  U,,.  tc.,„,,.st  .•,mn,iI]ou- ! 


'I'lic  i.iki'  .Mild  (iic  iriomitaiii  —  thv  ] 


•••iiTciis  —  the  incad 


In'  cave  II.  tlic  cliff;  Mild  11,(.  ,H,!i<l  'iK-atl.  tl 


ic  willow 


I'l.'iiM  l.ytho  sfa-si.l(._tlu.  walk  l.v  tl 


'I'iic  shady  old  wood  wji 


IC  wal 


crc  M)  olU'ii  J  ro\('d 


''■It  ticslici  the  iiu'i 


i''rics,  ;iiid  dearer  than  al 


or  the  lieartli-stoiies  encircled   l.y  Iriends  that  I    1 


<'\  cd 


arewell 


well:     TIk.u  art  --.uie:   11..I  a  vestio-e  in  si'd. 


ai-ewc 


X:in-ht  is  seen  hut  the  chill. 


:iil  my  scul  is  ).(.ured  out  in  the  word. 


And 


misty  curtain  of  iii^lit 


m.ii-!i!  I.iit  the  voice  of  Old  Oeean  is  heard. 


'ii M-  <  '    St.  I  Awr.i.x 


<  1: 


48 


POKMS. 


MEMORIES. 

Tm:m-:  is  a  fair  lake  in  a  lar-off  isle, — 

Ainonu-  the  ]>iiu'y  vidovs  — l)y  Avliose  marge 

:My  boyhood  loved  to  \vaiider  and  l)eu-uile 

The  suiniy  hours.     I  launched  my  tiny  l)arge 

1^1  ion  its  vip])ling  breast,  and  watched  it  glide 

jjet'ore  the  breeze sometimes  oVrlK.rne  and  tosset 

With  ruder  wavelets,  soon  again  to  ride 
Trimnphant  ;  so  't  would  float  till  in  the  distan<  _'  losi. 


Lost  and  forgotten,  till  some  other  r....rn 

Would  lead  my  footsteps  to  that  flowery  stran<l  ; 
When  lo.  my  little  bark  I  its  sails  all  torn  — 

A  mimic  wreck,  half-buried  in  the  sand. 
II. .w  would  I  grasj.  it,  kiss  it,  call  it  '^j^et !  " 

And  careful  wash  the  gathered  weeds  and  slime 
From  otf  ils  jiainted  siile  I 

Oh  yet,  f'ud  ^leniory,  yet, 
Thou  lov'sl  t«i  tind  these  wrecks  along  the  shores  of  Tinu' 


*|l 


TO    TERRA    XOVA. 


49 


TO    TEnn/v    XOVA. 


Cop  him.  iion  aiiinium  mutant. 


IIoKACE. 


<).v<  K  inoiv  I  weave  a  sono-  for  ilioo, 

^fy  oAviu  iiiv  native  laml ! 
..n.l  sliow  tliat  eliaiiu-e  dotli  not  estrano-e 

The  liea:1  tliat  Pi-oin])ts  tlie  liand 

Tlw.iioli  niany  a  day  liatli  ])as.^e(l  away 

Sinee  I  forsook  tliy  strand. 

Fill!  oft  doth  fiitlifiil  .Afenrrv  l)riiuv 

The  friends  T  loved  of  ohl; 
Warm  hands  are  elasped  I  nsed  to  (das).. 

And  oft-told  taU's  re-told  ; 
And  yontliful  hnes,  Avitli  (hvaniy joy, 

y\\  fniey's  anus  enfohl ! 

<)h,  for  an  iiour  once  more  to  o-reot 
Kaeli  M-ell-reniend)ere(l  scene  I 

To  I.reathe  tlie  a.ir  I  n^ed  to  breatlie, 
And  111'  what  r  liave  been; 

Tiie  sky,  hut  not  the  heart,  hat]i  chanu'ed 


TI 


lough  ocean  rolls  between! 


r 


My  cliildliO'Ml  (lays  — my  '^eliool-boy  dny^; - 

My  youthful  days  are  o'er  ; 
And  many  an  eye  that  hfamed  on  mo 

Shall  Ix'am  on  me  no  more,  — 
For  one  by  one  they  closc'd  !  —  and  yet  — 

"Xot  lost ;  but  gone  before.'" 

But  let  me  bnish  this  tear  aAvay  ; 

'T  Avere  foUv  to  regret. 
Tliy  cliils  are  still  the  same  ;  the  waves 

Dash  o'er  thy  rocks  of  jet ; 
^    d  many  an  old  familiar  form 

AYould  be  familiar  yet ! 

Once  more,  before  ihe  lieaper  come, 

I  hope  to  press  thy  strand  , 
Who  can  forget,  whate'er  betide, 

His  own  —  his  Nati-'o  Land  ? 
Then  trust  me  —  Change  doth  not  estraiigt 

The  heart  that  prompts  the  hand  I 


Ml» 


f 


VSK  ■\voi;d  moj;i:. 


OXE    WOKD   3I011E. 

On,  't  is  so  liard  to  ])art  ! 
How  soon  the  time  has  fled  I 
But  tliongli  we  wliisper  dayliglit  in, 
Miu-li  is  left  unsaid. 
WJiy,  yos ;  I  know  't  is  hUc  ; 
We  're  standing  by  the  door; 
But  ere  we  say  "Good  niglit,"  my  love, 
There  's  one  word  more  ! 


mi 


Let  me  think  ;  alas,  't  is  "one  ! 
No  matter  —  It 's  too  late. 
And  yet  I  had  a  word  to  say, 
AVere  it  well  to  wait. 
Good  night,  then,  love,  good  night ! 
I'll  softly  close  the  door; 

Yet  stay  —  one  little  moment,  stay 

There  's  one  word  mure  ! 


iVS 


rOKMS. 


I    COULD    NOT    SAV    "GOOD    M(iIlT 


I  TinNKD  t(»  say  "(i(>;iil  Ni^lit 
'T  was  siiiothi'iid  ill  a  si;4li, 

F(«v  a  sliailc  was  ini  tliy  brow, 
Au'l  a  sa(liu's>  in   tliliic  cyo. 

IJut  wlicii  tlic  jxirtal  c-l<>-c'<l 
That  lii«l  tlifc  I'icm  iiiv  s'l^lit, 


I  iMt 


as  (>in   ('(iiuk'Hiiu'' 


F(ir  I  dill  ii(»t  say  "(ioo'l  Xiglit 


II. 


1  >.1,((iil  aii<!  -iuln'l,  ami  >t'H\  c 
'1'.)  i-alin  my  licatiiiu'  lifait  ; 

1  knew   it   w  as  iiol    thus 

'I'hat    \  "U  aiHl  1  >ii''ihl  part 


T  i-^  hai'l 


II  -^ax 


lit  II 


Wiicii  '-uaU  art'  lii''  aiiil  li^ht  ; 
IJut   oh,  w  )h  11  w  lappct  ill   -ha'lf, 
lldU   tall    ^A•  sa\  "(i'Mid  NiL;ht 


1  •  <iri.ii  Nor  SAY 


<.<li)])    NKillJ' 


53 


III, 


IKiW' 


I  Inn<;o(l,  I  yearned  to  k 

"i'liy  seent  pain ;  to  |M»iir 
J.ove's  halm  upon  the  AVdiiinl, 

AikI  thy  simiiy  smile  restore; 
►Since  that  sweet  heaiii  of  luve 

Is  all  my  soul's  (h-liylit, 
Without  it  —  wt'  may  part  — 

IJiil  /  could  not  say  "(Juod  Nii^ht  ! 

IV. 

I'erhaps  I  was  dereixed 

i5y  I<'aiu-_\"s  idle  plav  I 
Ah,  yes  ;   I  see  tjiee  smile, 

And  >eem  lo  heal-  ihee  sav,  — 
"  My  hiofher,  eea<e  thy  I'earx; 

The  suu  of  l(»ve  is  liri-^li!  ; 
A  pa-siui:  clniid  uia\   ^hroud, 

I'n't  <'aiiuot  ■juciich  its  lii,dit."' 
<  >li.  then,  my  love  —  m\   life  I 

I  M  pi-;i\,  and  sa\  '•  ( i ]  Ni-|,t  !  " 


r,» 


54 


roKMS. 


TlIK    KKPLV. 


I. 


I   i.isriNi;i)  for"(i()«i(l  Xiu'liil" 

'Iliy  voict'  n;i\f  no  rciily; 
T\\\  ]i:il('  li|is  wcvv  c'(im|>i-(,'>>i'u, 

And  incrti'il  was  lliiiic  eye. 
The  (lonf  I  sailly  cIosimI  — 

\'()U  t'adnl  tVom  my  >iu,lit  — 
y\y  sjili'lf  waited  still 

The  wlii^pcrcil  w  ords,  "  ( Jdud  Ni^lit  I 


II. 


I  IovimI    yon  iiiiiif  llir  li  'S 

I-"iir  llif  ^liadn\\   nil  my  In  art  ; 

I    I'cll     \  ull     kllfW     it    IK't. 

( )r  tlm~  we  '    Mild  nut  |iail. 
( )tt  am  I  W'Miydifartid, 

r.iit  \<Mi  w  ill  viill  I'nrlu'af  ; 
( )in'  >|Hit  iii>  ^llalll)\\   darkt'ii--, 

"r  i^  -unliuhl  r\ »  i'  tlirn'. 


KIM.KI)    AM)    AV(.LNI)i:i> 


.^>o 


KILLKD    A\J)    AVOLXDED. 


li.l.Kl)   .111(1  woiiiidod 


(10(1  —  wounded  Mild  killed  ! 
A  iii:irsli:il,  a  (•(.lond,  a  c-ai.taiu  falls 
"Mid  (•i.>>li  (if  swords  and  wlii>ilc  .,f  1,;,1N, 
And  a  nation  nioiinis  tlie  1,1, „,d  ti,;it  is  simIKmI. 
Tlic  proud  niausoleuin  lifts  its  head 
Oil  the  place  where  the  -or,,  of  the  .-Teat  i-  -hed 
(  yprt'ss  waves  its  cla^-sieal  hon^h, 
And  laurels  wreathe  the  inarhle  l.row. 


h 


II. 


I\'!led  and  wounded —  wounded  ;md  killed! 

A  youth  with  an  ardent  soul  i^  dead, 

'  ''^'  ''• 1  "I'  a  Itrave  unkiK.wn  is  slu  d, 

And   \\lh,\  t,,  heed   the  heart    that    iv  ehiUrd  ? 

^"  :ii"iiiiineiit   marks  the  place  u|"  hi-,  le-l  . 

''lit  llic  turf  that  co\(.|.s  hi>  uunnde.l  hivaM 

\'>'-M>  one  littl..  i.l.rv.oui,  whose  .iekly   I.I,„.,n 

l>if:nily  mark-  .he  iiamcles> 


t<imli. 


III. 


Killed  and  wuiinded  —{nv  ^l.,|•v  and  lame! 
AikI  a  friendless  female,  ucak  and  wan, 


.....I..     ..      I  .! 


If  DcatI 


in  <>  >-iM-,ii  I n'4  nia n 


I  ^  grim  r(.||  shon^  "  Willia 


111  s     name 


>  f 


»l 


56 


roj:Ms. 


"With  careless  eye,  llie  name  lie  seeks  — 

"He  V  deaa."  — "My  (4.h1  !  "  s]ie  wildly  shrieks  ; 

Ami  lauLrhinfT  liysterie  tliev  hear  her  away 

Tu  lee<l  on  her  grief  from  day  to  day  I 

IV. 

And  alone  —  alone  in  her  wid.iw'-  weeds, 
She  talks  of  her  dead  one  day  and  ni^iht  , 
She  sees  him  fall  in  the  thick  of  the  tii;ht  — 

And  a  teri'ihle  gash  in  his  bosom  l>leedsl 
A{  last  her  brain  begins  to  --wim, 
Iler  sonl  grows  dark,  her  memory  dim, 

An<l  ever  by  bleeding  forms  siirronnde<l, 

She's  vacantly  mutt'ring,  "Killed  and  wounded!" 


*ii 


V. 

The  sweet  little  cot  in  the  sh;ide  of  the  trees. 
With  roses  and  jess.iinine--  twininu'  above, 
Willie  William  and  --he  d-d  live  and  love, 

.\n<l  welcome  their  giicvt^,  the  birds  and  the  brct/.e  — 
Is  hmelv  now  ;  the  Icaxfs  ai-c  ^Jk.,]^ 
'I'lie  llowcj's  are  withered,  the  birds  ha\c  lied; 
Thr  /r|i|iyrs  collie  as  tlie_\    did  of  \(H-e, 
Only  to  •^iLrh  at  the  mo----barrei|  door. 
Ibit  iil'icii  at   night,  when  all  i^  -.tilled, 
A  \oice  is  murmuring,  •'  Wounded  and  killed." 


TIIK    SO-VG    OF    I'KACl::. 


57 


THE    SOXG    Of^    PPlVCE. 


"PeA(  k!    )R.;icc"!    pcU'C  !" 

<>  (i'>(l  I  ;iiv  liie  tidi'iLi's  true':' 

Or  is  it  a  (Iri'.iiu  that  g-ives  increase 
T,)  misery's  aeei/nim^r  Ji,,^,  j 
Aihl  yet  — but  hark  I  a-aiu  aii.l  a-,iu — 

Tlie  Ixx.in  (it"  the  sioi,;,]  o-,in  ; 
Aii.l  .•iniingle.lshoutJikea.iiMai.t  main, 
<ioes  u|>  witli  the  inoruiii!-- sun. 


I 


'I'hc  hreezes  whisjK'r  of  h,ve, 
Aii.l  the-  (•h)ii,Is  like  virgins   |;,ve 

liMhegui.K,,  ll,.,„l,  ,,  „„,  uhilr-winged  .h.ve 
('"iiH's  l.reastiiig  it  ,.\H'r  (he  wave, 
risseen— 't  is  seen,  th;.t  ines>riig,.r  lliir, 

l''i'<.ni  .i(y,  an>l  castle,  an. I  |,i:,in  — 
•^"''  '"■"■'•>  !''.i|-  lip;   whil,.  gn,n  l).-,,,i, 

I  nri\cts  hi     ,c\  diain. 


To  liauuts   .,(■  h.iicly    U-(.e  

'!'<•  pillow. s  l.ed.w,.,!  with  tears  — 

\ ..  I  .1      .■•.,.  . 

^    ' '"""'  Hiigci  ( jicir  icars  • 


glou-, 


i 


POEMS. 


Go  tt'll  tlicm  the  battle  is  o'er, 
And  give  to  tlic  Avatcli-woni  rest ; 

To  tlie  lone  ones  speak,  tliat  they  sigh  no  more 
In  young  love's  rifled  nest. 


f. 


rjejoice,  ye  hearts  that  ])ri/,e 
Xot  victory's  perishing  crown, 

But  tl.at  Avhich  drew  iVoin  the  hcudino-  skies 
A  ]Mtying  vlodhead  (l(!wn. 
Peace  !  ]ieace  !  peace  ! 

Sweet  words,  by  angels  sung  I 
Then  speed  Avitli  the  message  ofjuy  —  nor  cease 

Till  echoed  bv  every  tongue. 


^H 


Tin:  ^TAi:  of  betiileiiem. 


59 


THE    STAR    OF    BETIILEIIE3[. 


I. 


O'ek  Sat.e^i's  consecrated  inn<l, 
Nlglit,  Avilli  a  s,.ft,  in(lul<,.ent  Jiand, 

Sprcari  hvv  bespangled  pall ; 
Throughout  the  vale  no  sound  was  hear.l, 
Naught  hut  the  ever-tuneful  l.ird, 

And  distant  \vater(;-ill. 


ir. 


While  on  the  mountain's  mossy  si.lc 
IJis  prostrate  fhu-ks  the  shepherd  eyed, 

And  oft  the  starry  zone; 
l*'<'i-  he,  wliil,.  .ill  iIk'  rest  around 
In  slmnhcr's  silken  f.ids  were  houn.l, 

Was  wakefulness  aloiu'. 


iir. 

Kiniiliar  to  his  watehfid  e\  e 

K.ich  twinkling  u,„-!d  that  roiled  <.n  high. 

And  thrniige.l  nnhonuded  -.pae(>  : 
'I^'kueu-  their  tinu",  their  orh,  their  name; 
fc^ach  sep.u-ate  world,  eael.  varied  tlanie  ; 


•vmi  colli, I  tl;   ir  sxsteiiis  ti 


ace 


s. 


(}() 


rOEMS. 


IV. 

'T  was  'ii  tlu'  loneliest  lionv  of  night, 
A  wand'ring  star  divinely  brioht, 

T^nknown  to  liim,  lie  saw  ! 
With  mute  ])er]ilexity  lie  gazed, 
For  still  it  moved  and  brighter  blazed  — 

I'nruled  bv  stellar  law  ! 


I'  - 


V. 

And  others  saw  the  stranger  star, 
.\.iid  wond'riiig,  gatlu'red  from  atJn", 

With  looks  ot'  terror  ]»ale  I 
When  lo,  a  siKhk'ii  brillianee  shone, 
As  il'  the  star  a  sun  had  grown, 

.\nd  lilleil  the  sj)ataous  vale  I 

VI. 

-Ml  prostra^'  on  the  dewy  ground, 
Ti."  ]iel|>Ie<s  she]iherd<  tell  around  — 

<>'era\\cd  by  terror  sore  ; 
Wiile  heaxcnly  minstri'lsy  was  Inward, 
And  lo,  the  .\ngel  ot"  the  Loj-d 

'^riicse  j'  vf'iil  tidings  bore  : 


VII. 

"(JIoi'v  to  (bii>  on  high  be  given. 

The  So\"rrign  I^ord  ot"  earth  and  hea\'en  ! 

(dad  tidings  do  w  i'  bring: 
Peace  —  good-will  to  men  on  earth; 
In  David's  House,  a  glorious  birth  — 

lOur  iSaviour  and   vour  Kniu;:" 


THE    STAn    OF    HETHLEIIEM. 


(il 


^' 1 1 1 , 


Then  lu'iiveinvard  wingvcl  tliat  being  fair, 
^Vhile  countless  myriads  filled  the  air, 

Sino-ing  new  songs  througli  s]>aee!  — 
Xew  hymns  of  love  !     And  as  the       ew, 
Old  things  had  passed  an<l  all  A^-as  new  — 

Xew  Law,  new  Pi-iest,  new  Grace  ! 


IX. 


Loud  did  the  stars  their  anthem  raise  ! 
Till  all  the  uni'.erse  was  ]>raise, 

And  gloi-ious  unity ! 
Sera]*hic  hosts  take  u].  the  song, 
And  Heaven's  high  eourts  the  strains  j.rolonn 

Throughout  infinity! 


X. 


And  then  the  she] .herd-sages  knew 
■Twas  IJeti.Iehenfs  Star  -  divinely  true - 

J5y  ancient  seers  foretold! 
Then  flocked  they  t.)  the  lowly  shrine 
T\-i.h>rethe  I'rince  of  Judah's  line, 
Laden  with  gifts  an.l  gold. 


X'l. 


And  there  devoutly  they  heheld 
Ilim,  who  Or.  universe  uj-held 

And  ruK.I  with  sovVcign  swav — 
^Vho  was,  and  is,  and  is  to  he -1 
The  J»ouer  that  lills  Imnu'Usity  _ 

The  (iodiifad  ciotlu'd  in  day! 


I  Hi 


62 


rOEMS. 


THE    SAILOR-BOY    AXD    THE    BIRD    OF 

PASSAGE. 

Fly,  little  wanderer, 

Fly  to  my  ^)reast ; 
Why  hast  th^-U  winged  so  far, 

Heedless  of  rest  ? 
Why  didst  thou  leave  the  land,  — 

Joyous  and  bright,  — 
Tempting  the  ruthless  wave. 
Ever  a  yawning  grave, 

Gloomy  as  night  ? 
'T  is  in  the  sunny  vale 

Where  thou  shouldst  be, 
TrilUng  thy  song  of  love  ; 

Not  on  the  sea.  .     . 

Come,  little  wanderer, 

Come  to  my  breast ; 
Thou  shalt  return  to  tliy 

Leaf-covered  nest ! 


Thrice  did  the  wanderer 
Wheel  round  the  mast ; 

Wheeling,  her  song  was  heard, 

Like  a  celestial  bird, 
Sweet,  in  the  blast : 


^ 


SOXNET. 

"  Thougli  I  have  flown  so  far, 

(This  was  her  song,) 
Tempting  the  ruthless  wave, 

Still  am  I  strono-  • 
For  there  is  One  ab^.e, 
Who,  in  his  tender  love, 

Cnreth  for  me ; 
And,  with  unwearied  hand, 
Guides  me  from  land  to  land, 

Safe  o'er  the  sea." 


(i;J 


SOXXET. 

Last  eve  we  waudere<l  where  the  moonbeam  lay 
Serenely  or  the  deep  —  a  mirror  fair, 
Extending  far  and  wide,  —  reflecting  clear 
The  ^'a^ed  beauties  of  the  dying  day.  _ 
Sweet  scene  ;  but  sweeter  still  to  view 
In  thy  fond  eyes,  affl-ctiou  deej)  and  true,— 
Pure,  fervent,  heavenly,  beautiful  and  calm  ! 
And  oh,  love,  as  I  gazed,  your  lips  such  balm 

Di-opped  on  my  soul,  that  every  trace  of  care 
^  Was  wiped  away,  and  naught  was  potent  there 
J^'-t  jny  supreme,  comj.ki..— joy  iu  thy  joy, 
Lift-  iu  thy  love  — that  time  cannot  destroy, 

I5iit  must  increases  as  heavenward  still  we  glide, 
■a'~'^  oy  catii  iavoriii-  f^reeze  and  swelhn.--  tide. 


I  in 


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64 


rOEMS. 


lyll 


CASTLES   IX    THE    AIR. 

What  is  Life  biit  expectation  ! 

Dreaming  ever  sonietliing  near,  — 
En/ino;  all  in  sore  vexation, — 
Thorny  chaiilets,  gikle  J  air  1 
Tims  we  live  on  fancied  pleasures. 
Fancied  honors,  fancied  treasnres, 
Still  to  hope  and  dream  again. 
Though  to  dream  and  hope  in  vain  1 

ThouMitless  childhood  hails  the  light, 

Not  with  heaven-adoring  joy, 
But  vdth  dre-  ;iis  that  mid-day  bright 
"Will  reveal  the  wished- for  toy. 
Xoon  is  passed  ;  they  sigh  and  say,  — 
"  Eve  will  bring  it  —  come  away  !  " 
Still  to  hope  and  dream  again, 
Thou'di  to  dream  and  hope  in  vain  ! 

Evening  cometh  —  stars  are  beaming  — 

Vespers  soothe  each  sainted  bri-ast  ; 
But  the  ^•raybeards  now  are  dreaming; 
For  tlie  ]>rize  is  unpossessed! 
"\Vhis])ering,  with  a  pang  of  sorrow, — 
"Let  us  sleeji  —  't  will  come  to-morrow." 
But  tlie  morrow  comi's  in  vain, — 


.!..,,.,.».   .,,^.  '.,  » 


►  UUV-V.     Kii^J     l«<-    >-' 


SriRITUALISir. 


65 


EXTRACTS 

irOM    A    POE>r   READ    BEFORE    THE    BOSTON    YOUNG      IKx's 
CnUISTIAX    ASS.JCIATIOX,    SEPTEMBER,    1857. 


I .       S  I>  I  R  I  1  U  A  L  I  S  .At  . 

"T  IS  Strange  our  friends,  Avho,  when  alive,  Vere  famous 

For  common  sense,  in  cliurches,  senates,  schools,— 
Should,  when  deceased,  come  l)ack  unseen  and  shame  us 

Witli  tricks  of  monke,.^,  fast  young  men,  and  fools  ! 
Xor  can  we  deem  it  merely  myths  or  f  ihles, 
Since  ](),  they  run  away  with  chairs  and  tables ! 
Or  nsk  a  medium  out  to  dine,  and  soon 
Voii'll  find  him  spirit  off  eacli  silver  sj^oon. 
Tlic  sliade,  perhai)s,  of  some  old  grave  divine  — 

Say,  Increase  Mather  —  come  invisible, 
And  visibly  decrease  your  case  of  wine, 

Or  hcok  tlie  mamago  ring  of  Isabel ! 
"T  is  wonderful !  't  is  wondert'ul !  tlieir  might ; 
r>nt  still  we  dare  not  question  they  are  right. 
And  if  they  should  be  wrong,  why,  only  think, 
1. ley 're  fi!5hinL»:,  like  ourselves.  f.>r  inoat  and  dv!!>l.-  ' 


■■.i% 


IWW». '■  '   !    i-t'lJ-    ..L'J.  Wil 


esa 


(;<) 


roi::\r 


III 


II.        ()  I    U      .V  (i  E, 


4 


This  is  the  nu'c  "l"  ]ir.\<iT('ss  :iii<l  (^f  iniiKl, 
And  surely  lie  is  lo-t  wlio  1:i,un  lu'Liml  ; 


T 


IIIU'    IIS('( 


1  1(>  ilv,  liut  now  hv  stMrccly  cvvv]^ 


Aii'l  si'Mcc  is  (•(Hii|i:!s:>c'<l  with  oiiv  li-'ht irm,i;--U'Mi> 
From  hill  l.>  hill  -■'>,-<  up  ouv  (■i';i>c'k>s  cvy  : 
'•  K\c('I>i<ir  I  ('\iTKin-I  or  <ru' I" 
Aniliitii'ii  lilN  ihc  Mni\iT-,il  lii-<'n>l, 


Ainl  tiii>\  (s  tlu'  ocr:m  \vi 


th  a  wiM  uuvot. 


iu'  nuulit',   cun-i'Ul  vwccj 


COS  with  ccax'h'S"^  roar 


<  ),ir  wa\ cs  ( 


i|"  lortiinc  ihisli  oi\  cxcrv  shore 


Wlier 


(■   h|M\\>  1 


he  l.ree/.e  that   dolli  not   waft  a  sail 


Whei-e  i-  the   wa-te  UUtH"!,  or  secret    \  ale  ? 
Where  i     the  eounlr)   Coiiinierce  does  not  own  : 
The  rock  uncharted,  oi-  the  ide  unkuow  r. '.•' 
We  -pan  the  wide,  wide  Wo  Id,  tVeia  poh'  t"  ]><>U 
And.  if  ii"t    l^'eedoiii.  Knowled'/c  claims  the  w  h' 
''More  and  } a  t   nu're,"'  undated  >ciiau'e  (a'ies, 
And  phinn--  aer  c::u'l''  pinions  {\,y  ihc  -ki>    . 


^11'  1   \  e 


't  i>  ■-a  I,  that   \  ani'  \   of  pou aa- 


Shoid  1  imIc  llu'vc 


hearts,  p 


M  ir  cri  ;i 


ures  ot'  an  hoai 


And  no!  content  with  ).alpahh  >  m  \  icw, 


Wi'  'jra'-p  at 


hlin\ 


dia  It's  and  \  apoi--..  too 


What   can  the  loliie-t   intellect   attain  ".•' 
"A  It'W   poor  shells  I'loni  out  Mie    niuhly  main, 
Wliilc  Truth,  eternal,  rolls  on  c\cr\   side,  — 
[MinndU  — ,  suMinic,  unralhonnd  and  untriid  I 


Ki;ii:\i)snir. —  i.ovi:  and  r.i:.\i;\i.\« 


i>< 


III.      V 


IM  l;  \  I)  s  II  I  !• 


Ah  !   FriciKlsliip,  it  is  said,  is  l)ut  a  name, 

And  limnaii  licarts  frcl  not  tlic  olowiiio;  flame! 

\\  liilc  c'vrry  virliu'  is  a  wclcdiiic  ^-iicst, 

Tliat  slu-  may  iiii<l  no  li(»s]iital.K'  breast  ; 

r>n>  like  soi.ic  wcaiy  (>il<;rim  doomc-l  to  roam, 

I'likiiown  abroad  and  unliclovcil  at  lionic, — 

Knock  at  racli  doo'-   and 


crave  '        r>  s.nc  r<;reat. 


I'rnt  withriiiLC  scowls  and  cliill  v    .all"-,  to  meet  I 
All  nol  a  kindlier  doctrine  Itids  i 


lie  own 


That  human  heart->  are  not  all  Iic;!ii>  •,['    ton; 
I  hat   Adam's  son^  retain  some  iiohlcr  ti'ace 
<»r  Adam's  self  l.csidi    tl 
l'aionL;'h  of  ; "ochIi 


le  lorm  niKl  lace  ;  — 


less  Willi  thi'  lia 


<l  coiiHiiac 


iimian  wreck  was  unce  di\iiie 


To  show  the  1 

.\s  ■>li!ciid''|  fra^iiicnts  scattered  d'c-  tj 


ic  sea. 


I 


I  ai''^<iv\ 


ell-ay  th'    wreck  ol   soiiit    ricl 
A-  Attic  j-aii  s,  ihroiiuh  a'^c-dii^t  d 
ie-Xial  hew  \  ;ist  her  Lihuv  must  ha\"  Keen 


iiiih   -ecu. 


1  \   .      i. 


o  \ 


\    N    li       I- 


I.  A  K  \  I  N  <; 


W 


lo\-e  In  -CI'  the  Ihce  of  Ipcaiil  \    li 
'lie  lr,t    ih,.  I 


el'e 


le  i)ra\e,     we  kimw,  "dcMaNe  IIm'  l.nr, 


ihit   |,r.i\,  dear  ladie-,  wl 


Mil    \  I  Ml  CI  iiiie,    lie  sure 


V'Mlie^r   ('l||,i,;    s|;i|i,|    ollt-id'      tile    doof; 


'I'  -hould  he  cuine,  \\  jth   l.uw    .iml 


low  -  loo. 


W 


i\,  then,  t, 


•  leariiinv  we  iiia\    Idl  a'iieu 


'II  II,  I '  1 1  I.I  1 1>  \\  1 1 II  ii  M I II I  le 


III!   I"\  ers  ail'  'lilt   |i 


|.  II. .i| 
>ol-~  in  w  i-e  men 


■liilliill!^  . 


a 


mm 


I 


68 


POEMS. 


THE    SAILOR'S    SOXG    TO    THE    MOON. 


Faii:  moon,  Hoar  moon, 

Tlion  liu'litcst  a  vale 
lU'voml  ihis  watiTV  zone, 

An«l  (MU'  swH'ct  an-^-fl  is  walklnu;  thoro. 


An<l 


wi'ijiintr  and  siLjhniu;  alont'; 


And,  iM'lia])s,  soinc'tiincs  slic  looks  at  tlico, 
As  >li('  \vcc|is  and  si^lis  alone. 


Oil  that  tlion  wcrl  lnit  a  mirror  dear. 

Instead  ol"  a  ij;rcat,  round  stone! 
Tl.en  often  as  I  sl'ould  ua/.i'  at  llieo 

I  M  se"  (Imt  maiden  alone, 
^\\v;i\   — a\v:iy  in  the  distant  \ale, 

As  she  weejis  and  sighs  alone. 


4 


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ONE    SOXG    FOR    TIIEE    IJEFOKE    I    REST. 


C.U 


OXE    SOXG    Foil   THEE    llEFOKE    I    REST 

One  soiiir  i;,r  tluM'  \)vi\nv  I  rest, 

Oiu'  pniycr  tor  tlirc  ht'fori'  I  sleep,-  - 

May  slumber  hriiio-  thee  visions  blest, 
Au-l  angels  r(,;in<l  thee  vigils  keep! 

My  Iov(\  my  last  thoughts  are  of  thee, 
3Iy  first  with  day's  lirst,  n.sy  beams; 

Xor  ilolh  tlu'  night  deny  the  linht 
Of  thy  .sweet  eyes  in  all  m\  <iri'ams! 

One  1  .iK'ly  star  from  out  the  deep, 
^.Vith  gentle  ray,  doth  ««n  me  sliine; 

I  bless  kin<l  IleaNcn  l>y  whom  "l  is  <4i\en 

For,  lov  dy  one,  that  star  is  thine  I 


This  song  fir  thee  Iictbre  [  ii-t, 

'I'his  piMVcr  fur  thee  belnrr    1   v!,.(.|,,    _ 

\VliiIe  Slumber  f  Ms  thee  to  her  breast, 
May  angels  t-eas(des.s  vij^ils  keej.  I 


itfi 


70 


POEMS. 


THE    DROWXED    BOY. 

'T  IS  gone  !  tlic  spark  of  life  is  quenchc<l, 

Tlio  lilllo  lieavt  lias  ceased  its  rapid  Leating, — 

Tlie  clieek  is  cold  —  the  golden  locks  all  drenched  ; 
And  tiie  young  soul  is  gone  to  heavenly  greeting ! 


:i 


See,  yonder  is  his  little  boat, 

Awaiting  hut  this  hand  to  guide  its  motion, — 
Nay,  little  ai'gosy,  't  is  thine  to  tloat 

Alone,  unguided,  to  the  boundless  ocean ! 


ill 


Ah,  scarce  an  hour  ago,  these  eyes, 

80  fixed  ;nid  leaden,  danced  with  lile  and  gladness,- 
Like  ever  mild  and  beaming  summer  skies, 

That  ne'er  grew  sullen  with  a  cloud  of  sadness! 

Th(>se  lips,  that  but  a  lirief  hour  past 

La\  on  a  mother's  check  like  bursting  roses. 

Are  now  :is  lilies  erushed  by  sudden  blast  — 
In  whose  soft  folds  still  loveliness  n  poses. 


I 


His  mother  I     Who  shall  beai"  the  tale, 

That  thi^  her  t(  nder  bud  -he  loved  and  cherished  — 
Iler  single  . niibcMm  in  lile's  tearful  \ale  — 

IKr  hope  —  her  only  joy  -  -  her  boy  —  has  jierislu'd 


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THE    FIRST     SX0M--FI.AK1:. 


71 


THE    FIRST    SXOW-FLAKE. 


A    FIIAGMEXT. 


Soft  :is  (Ir.  phmiago  of  an  lm<r^.\\  ^yiii-r, 

And  >\]vui  all,  save  when  the  nioaiiino-  -^vin.ls, 
In  liollou- -gusts,  aiitinnnal  iV(|uionis  sing  — 
Scatt 'ring  the  fado.!  wreath  tliat  Xaturc's  foreheaa  binds ! 

Fall  fast,  yo  snows,  and  hide  what  may  remain 
Of  Suninier,  which  flioii  warnest  nie  is  j.ast  ; 

liiide  Winter  eonies,  the  year  is  (.n  ihe  wane, 
Its  fruits  are  garnered  and  its  knaves  are  east. 


i 


TemiK'stiious  Winter  eonies  ;ind  wlm  can  tell 
^\  hat  iiiess,|g(.  lie  ,,,;|y  l„.;ii-'/  \sl,;it  j,,v  (,r  woe? 

>*  liMl  gra(  ious  Ixions  or  ilire  disasters  swell 
'I'he  h!ii-den  of  hi-^  hreast  ?     We  little  know  — 

^^  e  little  e;in  divine  the  i-sue  of  his  frowns! 
'I'inie  may  ahme  dispel  the  mystic  c'oud 

•  lilt  veiU  (Mir  destinies,  and  e'en  suiTounds 
The  ii\iiig  nu,i, lent  witii  inij.eaetralili^  shivud! 


m 


t 


ittli 


72 


pomrs. 


Coiiio,  wiiiilsl   those  witlicrcd  ivinnants  sweep  aAvay 
Tlu'se  sere  Jiml  sad  imaneiitoes  of  tlic  j'-'ist  — 

Come  l»ear  tlu'iii  tVom  my  siulit,  —  i'or  what  (h»  tliey 
l>ut  mock  tlic  wistl'ul  gaze  ?     Tlieii  let  thy  Mast 

I>e  an  eblivioii-besom  to  tlieir  raee  — 
.V  Letlie  to  our  a\  ors,  siiiee  none  can  see 

With  elsi'  tlian  jiain,  Dt'ath's  jialliil  face  ; 
Wliat  erst  was  lile  and  h»ve  is  now  eoM  vacancy  I 


ITATlVAin). 


4- 


I   i.ovK  tliy  seats  of  T.cai'niiiLr,  still  and  hoary,  — 

To  loitiT  n'vv  thi>  lawn  — hcneath  these  trees, — 

Where  voices  seem  to  whisper  in  the  hi'ce/e, 
Ot'  men  who^e  actions  are  a  nation's  story, — 

^\  pi'oud,  Nouu'j,'  nation,  —  iiohlc,  u'l'cat  and  Tree! 

()  llar\:n'd,  may  thy  iialls  lore\t'r  he 
The  shrine-  w  iiercin  Heaven's  trust  '  >  thee  ('onsin-n-d  — 

TIk'  ril-rlm-ark  ..f  Truth  and    IJher.y  — 
Shall  he  thy  -ole  I'nlladium  of  Mind, 
Wiiere  injuied  I{i;j,ht  nia_\   ■-t:inch  d(   '■ii<ler>  lind  I 
The  uerm'>  o|'  ihoUL^ht,  lioni  which  all  ae!i<in    rise. 

Will  \'>\\'f  -ur\'\'    llie  Iiand--  llii'   l"reel_\   ca-l  ; 
Then  may  the  seed  still  sown  heiieiitli  ti.         skie> 

iirin'j,  loriii  eacii  ii:ii\  t.'>-i   woi  finer  ieaii  the  last  I 


GOXE. 


73 


OOXE  ! 


H. 


m2" 


\rk!  the  midniirlit  Ir'II  is  toll 
In  tlic  silence  and  the  ltIooki — 
Tollin-r,  like  tlie  knell  of  .loom  — 


(ione  — 


While  th 


ufone  —  ofoiie! 


<^'  north  \vin<I.> 


Tl 


>  nioainnLT,  si<diin<»-, 


ii'ou^Ii  the  l)ro\vii  I 


o> 


WI 
I 


faves,  seem  to  mock  it 


>il<-"  the  mi.l„io-l,t  torch  is  .lyiiio  — 
^i^iiiLT,  sinkiii.,Mn  the  socket 


(ione  —  ■j-one  — 


iifune 


I>'i.t  to  (lust,  and  earth  to  earth  : 
■^imes  or  Iriendshi,.,  ti;nes  of  mirth 


Ti 


ines  o 


Ilojiini;-  — 
With  th 


f  silent,  h.iiely 


sori'ou-  — . 


}t';irnin<r  for  the 


morrow, 


With  the  eh 


'I'cret,  sunny  <jr]ni\v 


es 


nines  and  the  el 


(i 


lances 


'•ne,  uiih  all  th 


ose  .^'oro■colls  towers. 


3'ilin--  hit^di  tli(>  clouds  al 
f-^"ne,  with  all  thosv  shady  I 
I) 


)ove 


>owers 


flK-ate  to  youth  and  h.vej 


( 


'one,  with  all  (1 


lose  i^reat  andtiti 


Kindle<l  in  the  ardent  I 


OUH 


»reast 


74 


roi'.MS. 


Wkli  those  (loar,  old  home-traditions, 

And  tho.^e  songs  that  hilled  to  vest ! 
Gone,  with  nil  our  way-side  wand'rings, 

And  those  whisi>erings  'neatli  the  briar ; 
With  the  sweet  and  pensive  pond' rings, 

Sitting  hy  the  evening  fire. 
And  the  hell  has  ceased  its  tolling;  — 

One  more  day  of  life  is  reckoned ; 
But  the  current  still  is  rolling 

AVith  this  murmur  every  secoml,  — 
Gone  —  gone  —  gone  ! 


'•IL    PEXSEROSO." 

A    nA<  IIELOUV    AUTUMN    llEVKPaE. 

.Mv  heart  is  sad  !   who  cares  to  know? 

Then  let  me  tell  it  to  the  wind. 
Men  share  our  joy,  hut  n(»l  our  woe, 

And  ease  the  cotier  —  not  the  mind  ! 


And  yet,  ti'Jt^  sad,  1  cannot  tell, — 

1  'm  not  dcceive(l  —  I  've  m»thing  lost ; 

What  came,  I  knew  would  conic,  full  well, 
And  ken  d,  ul  e\.  i\  >lip,  the  cost. 


IL    rKNsKnOSO.' 


Tlic  (lead  loaves  mingle  with  the  clay, 
Or  rustle  in  the  biting  gale, 

Their  pn]-]^ose  wrought,  they])ass  away; 
But  wliat  can  rueful  siglis  avail  ? 


75 


The  spring  buds  blossomed  fresh  and  fair, 
And  summer  flowers  bedecked  the  i)lain  : 

Why  mourn  that  autiunn  leaves  are  sere  ? 
'T  was  ever  thus !     They  '11  come  ao-ain  • 

They  '11  come  again  ?    Ah,  no !  not  those  ;  - 
They're  gone  for  aye,  like  life's  young  hours  ! 

And  pther  springs  must  clothe  the  trees, 
And  other  suns  bring  other  flowers. 

Oh,  had  r  loved  as  I  sliould  love. 
And  lived  as  T  should  live,  alway,— 

^ly  soul,  upsoariug  like  a  dove, 
Would  scorn  thy  poison-breath,  Decav  ! 


i  i. 


mu 


76 


POEMS. 


THE    PRIXTEK. 

IIoAV  little  ye  ken, 

Ye  women  and  men,  — 
By  conrtesy  styled  "gentle  renders,"  — 

Of  lioAV  much  you  OAve 

To  the  nohle  Tyi)o 
And  his  army  of  folders  and  feeders  ! 

The  poet  may  sing 

Of  his  lyrical  string  — 
Of  his  Muses,  his  Loves,  and  his  Graces  ; 

But  ah!  he'd  sing  small, 

If  he  warbled  at  all, 
Were  it  not  for  the  chases  and  cases ! 


The  writer  of  fiction, 

"Whose  heautiful  diction 
Beguiles  the  loug  evenings  of  winter, — 

Ilis  mint]  Avould  be  left 

Like  a  casket  bereft 
Of  its  key —  if  nut  picked  l»y  tiie  jirinter 


^ 


THE   rRIXTKII. 

The  annalist,  too, 

Tliat  brings  to  your  view 

The  ■R-ondcrful  story  of  agos, 

Would,  sure,  be  as  dumb 
As  a  elani  oi-  a  nunn- 

my,  if  noljody  made  uj)  his  pages  ! 


77 


II 


Then  whoso  doth  read, 

I  beg  him  take  heed 
To  the  lesson  these  stanzas  convey  him,- 

Viz :  —  Now  that  you  know 

What  a  treasure  you  owe 
To  the  Printer,  be  certain  — to  pay  him  ! 


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I'OI.M'^. 


FAUST. 


Ml 


A    I.A^IKNT    FOIt    LOST    YOUTH. 

On,  for  my  sunny  youtli  :ig;iin  ! 
Tlie  boun<ling  current  and  tlie  glowing  llanie  ; 
The  wild,  iVci  will,  that  naught  of  cavtli  could  tanic 

The  sui>i>lc  lind)  —  the  tecining  brain  ; 

]My  youth  —  my  sunny  youth  again  ! 


Oh,  ye  delusions  —  airy -built  ! 

Ye  fires  tliat  lured  me  from  the  beaten  way! 

Fiend;,  ])hantoms!  —  seel  —  tliese  locks  are  gr-  y  ! 
The  ruby  wine  of  life  is  spilt  I 
Tlie  sword  is  rusted  to  tlie  liilt  I 


Cold  is  tliis  bosom  now!     P^orlorn 
This  icy  heai't,  that  erst  could  meet  and  melt 
With  IJeautv's  i>lance  !  —  the  airv  hall    where  dwelt. 

In  early  life's  empurj^M  morn. 

Thoughts  —  jiurposes,  sublime,  heaven-born  ! 

AVliat  is  it  now?     Appi-oach  and  ope  I  — 
Look  in  I     A  charnel-ln)use,  all  dim  and  (hunp. 
Where  shroude<l  things  do  grin  aroinid  the  lamp 
Of  an  exjiiring,  liopeless  Ilopi", 

^Vini    iOalii.-t'Jiiii.     (.  I  O.i  I  lii\>    nil    i(ii<i    L;il'ji<-  . 


F.VrsT, 


oil,  f, 


ir  ;n' 


T] 


10  noimdin^f  n.  ■vfiu  ,-.,.,1  die  <r] 
The  Avild,  free  \\i' 


youfli  n^aiii ! 

owiinr  flnmo  — 


Tl 


,  live  Ml      tii.r   iiaiio-lit  of  eartli  could 


tame 


IC  su 


I'l-ic  I 


Mv  voutli   — , 


II,.    — flic  tet'iniiiij^  brain! 
iv  sunny  youth  again ! 


11 


Tl 


Witl 


'is  heart's  thin  li.le  once  leai.M  and  ^nisliM 


1  a 


() 


most  heavenly  fervor  '     Fingers  d 
ix'c  waiiton'd  in  the  curls  that  cluster'd  1 


ear 


lere 


And  Love,  tlr-;  i)allid  cheek 


once  flush'd  ! 


Long  —  1( 


iig  ago  those  flow- 


ers Avere  criishM 


M  t 


Tl 


use  stony  eyes  once  drank  the  1 


jeani- 


Of  eyes  as  ra.liant  as  a  child  of  light  : 
And  we  di.l  l„ve  the  h'clds,  the  wood. 


The  mossy  l)anks  of  nanu'Iess  stre 
And  all  that  brought  us  blissful  d 


,  the  iiiLdit, 


mis. 


I'eanis 


Such  dreams  as  haunt  the  s(mi1> 


Of  Yoifh  aiul  nenutv  — M'h 


alone, 


if 


en  young  iropc  best 


<)\'. 


eramaranthiiu  wreaths,  and  maiih,M,d  .-1 


o\\'S 


With  gifts  that  al 


most  seem  their  own. 


To  older,  colder  hearts  uiikm.wn! 


Oh 


for  that  sunny  time  at;ain  ! 


lie  liomiding  curreul  and  the  .jl 


The  wild,  free  will,  that  iiau^l 


o\\  i!i<j  name 


it  <f  earth  could  (ai 


Ui\  -- 


T] 


IV  sii].i.Ie  limb  — the  icemiiio-  brai;, ! 


-^ly  youth  —  Miv 


suiiir 


nth  aorain 


,-^ii 


I 


MMiiiJHi 


«*«««««^F^«ia*i^-.-i».,^. 


80 


POKMS. 


Of  this  world's  Aveiiltli  Y  ii.'"'ulit  ])OsscssVl ; 

Kov  could  T  seek  it   wIutc  tlic  vii._:ir  seek! 

T  torturM  X;ituic"'s  sill"  tliat  >lic  iiiiuht  l^ivak 
To  me  the  secret  (-!'  Iier  breast  — 
That  seeiuM  for  ever  haU'-exjiressM  ! 


Day  bnniLiht  no  Iriiit,  and  ni^lit  no  slec]) ; 

And  year  chased   ycai',  like  liuhlih'^  on  a  hrook  ; 

And  sometimes  I  would  <  urse,  and  ila>h  the  hook 
Upon  my  eelTs  dank  Ihm-  —  and  wci'i*, — 
'■'Is  this  t!ie  harvest  I  mu>(  reaii?" 

I  kiu'W  my  life  was  winiinLi"  last  ; 

I  ti'll  WW    puise  heat   leehU'i',  da_\    li_\  day; 

My  lind'^  iii-ew   li'^id  and  my  Inc!,-.   •j;\\\\    u're_\ , — 

And  ni'_;'ht-\\  iods  murmui'ed  —  "  Nduth  is  ]'as>M, 
Till'  Li'.inu'  is  o'er  —  the  di"  is  ea^ll"' 


What  I   ]>a--->M'."'     And  w  hei    ,  ni\  h'\  t  .  ;;vt  t Imii, 
Wlm-e  l:i-t   w  iiiu  ki--  >till  liiiL:(i'>  i>u  m_\   t  lieekV 
What  >a_\"^t  llh-M,  llend '.■'     That   I  ni_\   Ii'\e  luii.-i  >' ek 

W  here  the   pnle  lilic  -  elll--ter,  n<i\\, 

^Vud.  dealh-tlo\>  (  rs  corona!  liei  hrow  ! 


i* 


()li,  t'i'i-  mv  Minny  youth  a^^aiul 
The  I'oundiu'    euireiit  and  the  ^luuin^-  llame, 
The  wild,  iVee  will,  ihal  iiauuhl  ore:nlh  eouM  tame; 
The  >u|i|ile  !ind>  —  the  teei'iin^  hrain  ; 

Ikl.  (..I*       I.IL  wltllll\-        \iillllt  llt'-llll* 


wii.i.ii:  s    (;i;\vi; 


HI 


WILLIK'S    (;IJAVK 


(AN   Arn-MXAI. 


'ivi;r<'ii  Ai'  M(M  Ni'  .\ 


riii  i:.v  «  i.Mi.ri.iiv.) 


A  «;i:nti.k  inaidcii,  ymiw^  .iiid  lovclv, 
■"Stands  ill  nmtc  and  imst 


If    U'lonlll, 


"While  the  siiikiiin'  ^mu  licr  ^liad 


o\v 


Cnst^ 


iilii'ii  a  little  l()inl» 


Evcrvwhere  tlie  storied  in.ul,!, 


rlls  where  Knihrrii 


lU'  iTfeatiiess  he 


Iliit  this  httle  toiiil,  ;iiid  maid 
Most  attract  the  st 


111 


raii^-er.s  eve. 


\V 


'"■refore  —  uhoivrnn,  .\||,|,dil<e  creatii 
A\  ith  a  '_;l<i((iii  lit_\  .i|id  th\   d 
l>'-t  thou,  throii-h  Ihc  iM  ail 
Oil  that  siiii|,h'  tal.hl 


re 


|Haii\   -liuwer, 


a/e 


I  \Ve( 


j)  yi't 


Time  eiioimii  h.r  I  hi(    t. 

O'la-  the  ills  ,,('  hu-iiaiidNliid 
So.. II,  t,M,  soon,  thon'h  llil  \\\\\  hiird 

i-^ooil,   too   soon.    It-,    soli-oU  ^    llnd. 


i'U- 


82 


1'()7;ms. 


But  Avitliont  one  nns-weniiQ:  scntoiico, 

Still  slio  (Iroojis  luT  radiant  lica<l  ; 
TraiKjuil  all  is,  save  the  sere  leaves 

Autumn  sjiriukles  (Ter  tlie  dead;  — 
One  l)y  one  these  di-athly  enihleuis, 

(JuiveriiiLr,  rustliiiix  o'ei"  thi'  uroiuid, 
Seem  as  tlMiuiih  each  shi-dudtMl  tenant 

Of"  the  tondis  were  Liiidiii^  round  ; 
While  the  <4(ilden  tlood  <il'  eveninn" 

IJathes  each  niaiMe,  tree  and  iikuukI. 


lit 


r     f^ 


Gently  ti'ead  —  the  n'round  is  hdly 
Se<'  who've  du>t   slu'  \\(('|ieth  u'vV 

Lo,  the  siiii|ile  su|Krscri|.ti('n.  ^ 
''  Little  Willie"' — nothing"  more. 


Th 


■!i('n'_;h 


lire'.'iiaiit  letters 


a  \iilimie  to  tile  heart, 


Full  oi'  more  patlictic  meaninLC 
Than  t  he  laliored  lines  oi'   art. 


Love  divine!  mysterious  licax  •  n-li'^ht, 

( ilimiiierinu' c'tii  tliioiiMh  tiulhly  l;!ooiih, 
\\'li\    take  U|i  th\    lickle  d  w  illiiiLf 


In  tl 


IIS  w  <iri(|  o 


r  tea  Is  and  toiiihs  ? 


Sj»nnLC  hrin<j,"s  t'lith  tlic  licautcoiiN  lilovvcim, 
Srninicr  lircatlu'^  l"r  riiKnin"-  lireath. 


Hut  —  when  liarvc'st  sli 


o  I  III  I    l\i'    ■■M 


he  red. 


Li  I,  w  «■  liiid  dicav   and  drat  I 


M!| 


■VVILLIK  S    GRAVE, 


83 


Maifk'u,  let  this  good  old  lesson 

Ever  in  tliy  memory  live, 

"Earlh'.s  l^est  ].romi,ses  are  bnbbles, 

(Tlittcrinu-  only  to  deceive." 
Look  beyond  the  ] .early  portals, 

Far  in  yon  ethereal  dee]), 
For  the  (iraces  without  fadiiio-, 

And  the  Loves  that  never  sleep. 


I* 

I  - 

I. 


I 


84 


rOEMS. 


I 

!  '11 


THE    STAliS. 

CoArr.  iortli,  ye  oHis  of  liglit ! 
I  lilcss  your  gentle  rays 
For  tlu'  >\\('i't  iiu'iiioi'ics  tlu'y  1>ring 
Ot"  (it her  (lays. 


All.  yt'  arc  siill  tin-  same  — 
IJriulit,  li(  ai'litul  and  mild  ; 
As  full  <>r  iov  to  me  as  when 


I  was  a 


a  eiiii.i: 


Karlli'>  tldw'rcts  di-tM)|)  and  die; 
I.il'c  *s  liut    a  lickle  tiame  ; 
All  —  all  We  lu\('  deeav,  —  hut    vo 
Avi'  ^till  the  sa.me  ! 

I  bk'ss  ye  for  the  true 
('"iiijiaiiii.n-'hiji  I  (iiid 
Fn  till   t'oiid  |.ieturings  of  tlr>  j»ast 
Ve  call  to  mind  :  — 


i 


THE    STARS. 


Once  more  each  wi'll-known  scotic 

Eiicli  valk'v,  \V()()<1,  and  stivani, 
And  cviTv  haunt  my  cliildliood  loved, 
Conu's  like  a  dri'am  ! 


85 


Ye  stars!   liow  oft  liavc  we, 
iK'ncatli  llic  Avini;-  of  iii^lit, 
Paused  ill  our  inen-y  uanies  fo  walcli 
^'oiir  welcome  liij,!it  I 


Our  I'liildisli  loi'e  disjila\-ed 
I:i  ^peeulaf ions  deeii  — 
"VVe  d'  eined  ye  were  (lie  -litteriiiL;-  tears 
Tiiut  an^'els  wee|»  I 

For,  on  e;i(]i  flower,  next  morn, 
l>id  not  the  pcarl-.|ro[)  stand. 
Thai  IMI  ill  noisi.K.^s  shower.s  l)\   ni^dn 
O'fi-  all  the  laud  ? 


M 


Ah,  sa<l    that  lime  should  hear 
Surh  |.rftty  dreams  rmm  \  iew  ! 
I':it,     iddcr  still,  that  he  sIhmiI.I  take 
The  dreamers  loo. 


^\ud  yl  '{  is   siveel    tn  iiiiise 
<  >ii    i"_\  >  ;iiid  --(I'-ri^ws  o'er,  — 
And  thiuii^r  Miih  images  of  love 

8 


I 


<i  ■ 


86 


POEMS. 


To  sj)<.'ak  witli  tliein,  nTid  lioar 
The  old  fatuiliiu"  naiuos, 
Aiul  sec  the  eyes  that  Idessod  \is  once 
111  tliose  far  flames. 


I 


O  Memory  !  I)a]m  of  Heaven  ! 
So  faitlifiil  is  tliy  keepintr, 
Tliou  seenist  to  wliisper  to  v.wh  soul, 
"Xot  (lead,  l>ut  slei'i.ing  !" 

WliiU'  IIopo,  with  tint^^'r  raised 
To  shining  realms  alxixc, 
Bids  dark  Despoiideney  gi\c'  [ilaec- 
To  truslintr  Love  1 


'V 


FEIEXDLESS. 


87 


FniEXDLESS. 


I  lie  sai.l  he  lia.l  no  (Vicn.l  I     ][(>  was  aloiu",— 
A  waif— a  inUvn  leaf— a  ^van(^l•in^^  star  , 

At  hoiiu'  a  slran-XT,  aii.l  abroad  unknown  ; 
Dwflling  witli  nun,  an.l  yot  iVoni  men  afar! 


Day  after  .lay  lio  minglcl  witli  the  crowd, 

•Mrn  markc.l  liini  not.  nor  shared  with  him  his  wue  ; 

'I'lH'iioh  fiir,  th..u-h  youn-   hy  eares  untimely  l)owed  : 
And  iih-'s  chill,.,!  current  scarcely  seemed  to  flow. 

Kiiul  smiles  w,.ul,l  s,.m.. times  li-],t  his  pale,  cM  cluvk, 
A<  mo,.i!l),.ams  trend)Iin-'  .<n  a  h.n.'Iy  tomh, — 

Muiv  sa,]  than  tears,  they  .mly  serve,]  t,,  speak 
<  >r  .rnmhlin^c  h..i.es  within,  an,l  ravless  -d.^.m  1 


"ly  afha- ,Iay  ]tr  wand,  iv,|,  mute  an, I  sa<], 

I'liend -n-din--  fri.^i:,!,  aai,]  |,,v,.'s  warm  we|c,»me  heard 
'•'"  I'"'  f"i-  Iiiii),-_si,|,.,.  (Vi,.|i,I  li,.  ne\,r  ha,] 


'I'..  ..\. 


""    "II'      IXMIU,    IdllMinULV    \\oi'ij. 


I 


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88 


roi:>r?;. 


f  : 


i| 


Xo  father  runs  to  foM  liini  to  his  hrcn^t  ; 

His  griefs  no  motlier's  synipatliies  allay ; 
He  came  —  nor  houseliold.  joy  his  advent  hlessetl, 

Xor  any  mourned  him  Avhen  he  passed  away. 

AVhat !  couldst  thou  find  in  all  tliis  Avorld,  fair  youth, 
No  flame  congenial  with  thine  own  to  himi  ? 

Xo  eve  to  pity,  and  no  tongue  to  soothe? 
Xo  hand  to  wreathe  thy  solitary  urn  V 

And  what  he  migiit  have  h.ccn,  —  ah.,  who  can  tell  ? 

What  task  for  him  his  Maker  ha.l  .lesigned,  — 
What  light  neglect's  cold  shadows  did  dis[)el, — 

Wiiat  heaven-born  genius  slumbered  in  his  miml ! 

Is  this  a  fable  ?     Xay,  but  look  around, 

Ye  prudent  ones,  Avho  boa>t  the  genial  glow, 

And  blush  to  think,  — wliere  Friendship's  fane  is  foun- 
A  sordid  I'dlestal  is  seen  below. 


THK    STKAXGE    OLD    IJAIIK. 


89 


THE    STPvAXGE    OLD    BARK. 

M  iiKx  tlic  ti^k'  was  low,  nnd  tlie  evening  mist 

C'rej.t  down  over  elitt'  and  cave, 
And  tlie  sea-breeze  moaned  a  dirge-like  sontr 

To  tlie  mounifnl  beat  of  the  Avave, 
Aiv.se  like  a  spectre,  silent  and  dark, 
The  m(Mildenng  ribs  of  a  strange  old  bark, 

^Vs  if  from  an  tieeati  "rave. 


Twas  a  gliastly  sight  in  the  dim  twilight,— 
^\s  the  waves  came  giirnliijo-  near 

A\  ith  sea-weed  strung  fn.m  each  nisted  bolt, 
Ld<e  scalps  on  a  chieftain's  spear; 

And  brave  was  the  lad,  when  dav  was  oVr, 

Who  ],assed  al.)ne  by  that  hannted  shore, 
L'nchiir.l  l)y  a  nameless  fear. 


Ib.w  It  stole  the  glow  from  inv  bovish  cheek 
When  the  night  was  wild  and  dark, 

'I'"  Ht  by  th,.  pilots  knee  and  hear 
Him  tell  ,,f  the  strange  old  bark! 

And  years  Ii:i\,>  passed,  but  .,ft  lo  my  mind, 

^^  I'll  the  holh.w  moan  of  the  winter  wind, 
V"iiiv   til  .,i.;;iis  ,,[   ii,,>  r^irauLre  old  bark. 


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rOEMS. 


ill. 


THE    EVE    OF    THE    GOLDEX    WEDDINCi. 

"On,  sin'4  me  the  soiiii's  you  useil  to  sing 

AVhcn  Love  was  in  its  May  I 
And  tell  me  tlie  tales  you  used  t<>  lell, 
As  we  wa.iulered  down  l)y  the  willow  well, 

At  the  elose  of  the  suuuuer-day  I 

"The  soiio-s  that  sjioke  of  a  tzushin;^-  hope. 

And  a  stronji,  larLi;e  heart  and  ti".u", 

Those  sly  little  tales  of  love  and  lili 

Where  /was  ever  the  'fair  youn-  wife,'' 

And  the  'happy  hridegroonf  —  i/ouf 

"When  your  eye  wasLri-ht,  and  your  eheek  Avas  smooth. 

.\nd  vour  step  was  tirni  and  free; 
And  vour  h.cks  — so  scant  and  snowy  now — 
In  clusters  brown  fell  over  your  hrow, 

That  ever  v.as  a  joy  to  me. 


'Ir 


i!H 


"To-moiTOW,  ilenr,  's  (mu-  weddinu-<lay  ; 

And  'tis  fifty  year-,  to-night. 
Von  opM  a  little  l.ox,  wiih  trend.ling  care. 
And  the  nu)onl.eani  showed  me    ■  -something  there 

Like  a  lalry  einici  of  light ! 


TI!K    KVK    (IF    THE    (iOI.DKX    WKDDIXG. 

"Xow  sinn:  nic  tlio  song  you  s.-^ng  that  time, 

"NVlicn  Love  -was  in  its  ]\ray; 
And  tell  me  the  tale  you  then  did  tell, 
As  we  loitered  doAvu  by  the  willow  wrll, 

At  the  close  of  tliat  sununer  dav  I " 


91 


"T..  sing  you  the  songs  I  used  to  sing, 

And  to  tell  you  the  tales  of  then, 
(Jive  the  cheek  as  sino(.th,  and  the  eye  os  hrinht, 
Tlie  step  as  free,  and  the  heart  as  light, 

"With  the  clustering  curls  —  a^-ain  ! 

"But,  wife,  ni  sing  thee  anotlier  song 

On  this  eve  of  the  weddin^;-(l:iv  : 

Since  the  fr.-<f  we  saw.  full  lifty  years 
Of  shade  and  shine,  of  joys  and  cares 

Have  passed,  like  a  dream,  away! 

"  Full  fifty  years  !     Why,  it  doesn't  seem  ten, 

Since  I  held  your  hand  that  ni<dit, 
And  showed  you  the  ring  — yet  I  think  you  wrong 
In  saying  I  shook,  for  tlu-n  Avas  I  strong- 

But  I  mind  how  it  twinkled  in  the  li-dit, 

"  Aye,  fifty  years  !      Let  nu'  thiidv  mIio  was  there 

On  the  morn  of  that  festal  dav. 

There  was  (Jeorge,  an-l  Will,  and  'r,)m,  and  Lo, 
And  Henry,  and  l>en,  an<l  Sim,  and  Jo_ 

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POEMS. 


*  ' 


"  They  nro  gone  !  —  they  are  cfone  this  many  a  year 

To  happier  scenes  on  high,  — 
Where  three  little  doves  of  our  own  have  fled ; 
And  every  leaf  of  the  tree  is  shed, 

But  twain  withered  ones  —  you  and  I ! 


•   vVhere  once  was  the  lajie  and  the  willow  well, 

Our  loved  oM  trysting  tree, 
The  wide  field  of  wheat,  and  'Logo's  Retreat'  — 
A  row  of  roofs  and  a  dusty  street 

Is  all  that  we  now  niav  see  ! 


"  Then  how  can  I  sing  you  the  young  May  song  V 

We-  must  hope  for  the  new  song  above  ! 
For,  of  all  life's  flowers  not  a  l»ud  is  k-fl, 
And  we  stand  like  winter  trees  —  hereft 
Of  all  that  we  loved,  but  Love." 


THE    FEATHERED    EREMITE. 


93 


THE   FEATHERED   EREMITE. 

MXES     .SUOOKSTKO    OX    S«Krxo     A     SOUTAHV     UTXr.K     „„U.,    ,..V  .K    ..^K 
lIAUnoUU  GUA.  K,  NEWFOUNDLAND.] 

Contributed  by  W.  C.  St.  J, 

OuPHAy  of  a  summer's  sun  ! 

Th..u  loiu'ly  little  feathered  one  ! 

Tell  me  why  thou  liuiri.yest  still 

V\Hm  this  hieak  and  barren  hill ;  _ 

What  secret  sj»ell,  what  tender  tie, 

Doth  ])ind  thee  here  to  Aroop  and  <lie  ? 

Is  not  the  hr.eze  wlii<-h  Immv  the(>  .,n 
Its  viewless  win.ixs,  now  |.;ist  and  -^'..ne? 
And  every  tint  of  radiant  (he 
l>is|.liced  fn.m  yon  deep  canopy? 
'»   .ni  thee,  and  view  yon  l.ircheii  vale, — 
Where  ;ire  the  leaves  that  in  the  trale 
Of  eve  W(MV  wont  t..^|,i,.ld  thy  f..,-,,,. 
Or  hathe  thee  wnn  the  dews  ..f  m..rn? 


94  roKMs. 

The  orass  now  I.'OikIs  its  l)li.!i;litc'«l  hv.xd  ; 
Tlio  daisy  's  (tusIkmI  u)»<)ii  its  l»o<l ;  — 
The  1k'.  is  flown  ;  —  Hh'  :May-fl y  —  wlioro  ? 
Tlie  swallow  sleeps,—  yet  thou  art  lieiv  ! 

Poor  shadowy  sonjjstrcss  i  knowost  thou  not 
Tliat  soon  athwart  this  clu'crkss  spot, 
In  fitful  trusts  oppressed  with  snow, 
The  cold  and  ruthless  l)last  will  l)i<»w':' 
That  rail  whieh  hears  tiiy  scanty  store 
Will  then  refuse  to  yield  thee  more; 
Nor  in  the  fence,  nor  on  the  ujround 
One  grain  of  food  shall  then  he  fouml. 


I 


O  fh'C  thee  !  flee  thee,  lonely  one, 
To  lan<ls  where  sprini:;  has  just  begun,— 
To  groves  of  spiee,  and  luscious  cane. 
To  ehetiuere<l  lawns,  and  fields  of  grain, 
Where  honey  drops  and  scents  distil, 
And  flowrets  dip  in  every  rill  I  — 
Ah,  no  !  it  will  not,  cannot  start  ; 
Stich  thouglits  fall  heavy  at  its  heart  — 
For  thougli  in  other  clinii-;  there  he 
i;ro:id  sheets  of  l»looin,  and  songs  of  glee. 
Ami  ceasi'less  sighs  of  Zephyr,  —  still 
This  is  its  honu"  —its  native  hid! 


Then  Iiie  thee  t(»  tiie  neighhoring  grove, 
That  spreads  its  dusky  ann.s  abo\e, 


hit:  fkatiierkd  eremite. 


J\V 


And  iKH-kons  t.)  tlic  f:-,int  and  slo) 
To  seek  a  solace  for  their  avoo  ;_ 
Thcro,  while  the  snow-drif  pik-s  around, 
An.l  Minds  a.s.'    ;i  with  deafening  sound, 
Soeure,  thy  little  parriot  l>reast 
Shall  find  a  refuge,  and  a  rest  ; 
Some  stunted  hranch  or  mossy  sj.ray   ' 
Vv^ill  yield  thee  food  from  day  to  day. 


95 


^  Poor  friendless  nurslinrr.'  doth  thine  eye 
Survey  yoi,  daik  and  dreary  sky? 
An.l  ,lus(  thou  fear  to  take  thy  Hight 
Amidst  the  d"ej.ening  shades  of  niirht? 

I^^iH  well  thou  mayst- then  eome"to  me, 
Conu'  to  my  boso„i  and  he  fvvv  ; 

Five  from  Winter's  pinching  hand, 
And  from  the  hawk's  mali.gnanf  han.l ; 
Free  from  tlie  woo.l-cat's  f.tal  sj.ring, ' 
From  all  thy  listless  wan<lering. 
No  wire  shall  vex  thy  ten.ler  hill, 
No  cord  repress  thy  wayward  will;_ 
And  so.m  as  April's  t<'pid  shower 
I^>'re:s  from  its  ],a„k  the  earliest  flov.er, 
^^Vi'I|  hu..yant  wing    md  joyous  strain, 
Thou  mayst  explore  these  wilds  again. 
Alas!  it  will  not,  will  not  stay, 
From  l,;,,,!^  ,„  i,.,„j.  j(  ,jj,^_  .^^^^^^. 

^"I'l.i-tered  '.alls,  or  papert  .1  nook, — 
J^Ian's  lordly  chain  it  cannot  l.ro,,k. 


96 


rOEMS. 

Then  go,  thou  restless  httle  hircl ! 
Yet,  ere  we  part,  a  i)assing  word 

May  not  l)e  breathed  in  vain  :  — 
Know,  then,  tliat  from  that  clouded  sky 
There  is  a  bright  All-seeing  Eye 

Wide  glancing  o'er  the  plain,  — 

And  though  thick  darkness  should  pervade. 
Enrobing  in  its  blackest  sliade, 

This  habitable  ball,  — 
Yet  hear  a  voice  —  (it  conies  from  Heaven) 
\Vhich  says  — "Without  pennission,  even 
A  sparrow  cannot  fall ! " 


It 


TIIK    LAST    OK     THK    JiEI) 


IXDIAX    AVAKliloi; 


THE  LAST  OF  THE  RED  IXDIAX  WAURIOIiS. 


TTHK  AB(..UGIN'.VI.  IXirAniTANTS  OF  THK   ISLAND  OK    NKWIOIXOLAX 
NOW  AN   ICXTIXCT  HACK.] 

Contributed  by  W.  C.  .St.  J. 


M>, 


"S 


TiiKHi-:  is  :i  Cliict'  in  yon  ,laik  forest  slecpin 

AH  loiu"  and  silent  in  his  bed  of  elny  ; 
Tlv-  ln-ee/e  Aviiicli  ovv  his  swartliy  breast  is  sweepinu" 
Ilath  borne  liis  name  and  lineai^^e  awav 

His  tent  is  down — jiis  bow  nnstrun<'- 

His  arrow  to  the  earth  is  thin •^ 


(iueneluMl  is  the  HLchtninir  of  Ids  eve 
His  arm  is  ncrx ck'ss  now  ; 

X<>  craven  Ibemaii  niav  <U'scrv 
The  terrors  of  his  brow. 


O'er  hin)  no  tear  is  shed, 

Xor  brcatlied  one  fervent  sii^di, 

Ibtt  the  sere  leaf  falls  <.n  the  hallowed  b-d 

AVhere  the  warrior's  ashes  lie. 


l> 


lis 


POEMS. 


Xo  porvile  records  glow 

Wit' I  deeds  that  lie  Imd  done,— 
No  sculptu'-ed  eiuLlenis  proudly  show 

The  laurels  he  hath  won;  — 

But  near  that  sacred  mound, 

Three  mouldering  targets  stand  ; 

And  the  dart's  unerring  MOund 
Points  to  the  master's  hand. 

No  classic  yew  is  there,  — 

No  fragi-ant  myrtle  nigh  ; 
But  the  alder  scents  the  air, 

And  the  dark  lir  swee[)S  the  sky. 

Sleep  on,  then,  warrior  —  sleep  ! 

Naught  hasl  th<>u  left  behind  ;  — 
No  widowed  one  to  weej) ; 

No  babe  to  woe  consigned. 

All,  all  is  g(^,ne  with  thee, 
Chief  of  the  swarthy  breast! 

IbMU-efovth  thy  tribe  shall  wander  free 
In  the  Forests  of  the  IJlest ! 


'1 


I 


CLARIBEL. 


99 


CLARIBEL 


A   BEAUTIFUL  YOr\<;   (jmr. 


,  WHO  WAS  nnowMcn  whh.k  iia 


iiriNt 


AND  WIIOSi;   liODY  WAS  MOVE 


R   FOrXD. 


Xo  fairer  form  tlian  Claril>t'l  did  X 


With  licr 


nture  ever  mould. 


sunny  eyes  of  azure  and  1 


le 


gol 


1  f 


r  wavy  looks  of 


And  then  her  little  ruhv  1 


ij)s  sucli  pretty  dimj.l 


Like  eddies  on  a  rivulet  with  losos  bend 


W 


:inn   blu.shes   on   her  vehoi  eheek  k 


nnjdes  wore,  — 


auror 


eliasc  — 
Ne'v  beauties,  like 


o   heavenly    iiiir,    this    rad 
cherub's  eyes  — 


ejit   uever-eeasin^ 


ns,  ever  flitted  round  lier  face  ! 


i;int    maid    mii-ht    el 


larm    a 


Xay,  she  i^eemed  a  pil-rim-simit  j„si  aliirhted  fv 


om   the 


skies. 


Now   Claribel 


w 


(owers. 


as    wont  to    stray  bnu-ath   <b.ep,   sha.I^ 


Where   the  wild-birds  warbl,.  ], 


Woo   tllL-   flow 


ve-ii(.tes  an<l  the  zephy 


rs 


(■ix  •  — 


100 


POKMS, 


i 


Aii.l  (.ft  to  rr-Mhvr  silver  shells  that  Oceairs  l.ounty  gave, 
And  jnvss  her  trlowing  bosom  to  the  l.osoin  v)t'  ih.e  wave. 
One  rosy  morning  found  her  where  the  sea-nymphs  love 

to  keep 
Theiu  wild,  fantastic  revels  on  the  surface  of  the  deep  — 
When    u].   from   coral  caves  they  come  — an  airy  fan-y 

band  — 
To  lead  their  maz^        nee  along  the  unfrecpiented  strand  ; 
While  others,  in  their  scallop-shells,  in  graceful  freedom 


li.l.e, 


With  dishevelled  tresses  streaming  down,  like  amber,  on 

the  tide  ;  — 
Around  them  sport  the  nautilus    and  creatures  strange 

and  rare, 
While  soft,  .Eolian  murmurs  seem  to  tremble  in  the  air! 
IJut  all  that  strikes  young  Clara  wIum-c  her  listless  gknces 

stray, 
Are   the   rainbow-tinted   morning-beams   that    o'er   tlu' 

waters  jday. 
Then  putting  by  her  flov.'ing  robe,  she  glides  the  waves 

among. 
And    mingles,  all    unconscious,  Avith   the    nymphs    that 

roiind  her  throng. 
All  hand  in  hand,  in  circle  linked,  they  gaze  with  jealous 

eyes. 
On  her  free  and  tearless  gambols  with  the  billows  as  they 

rise. 


CLARIBEL. 


101 


And  they  love  her  for  her  beauty,  tliough  invadinc,  their 


dornr 


am 


But  the  bowers   and  the  flowers  she  shall  never  <n-eet 
again !  '^ 

For  round  about  her  graceful  form,  their  viewless  anns 
they  weave  — 

And  slumber  steals  her  senses,  while  the  roeking  billows 
heave. 

Then  sinking  down  together  to  their  oozy  ocean-halls- 
The  great  deep  elo.es  over  her,  for  aye,  its  crystal  walls ! 


9* 


'm 


102 


POEMS. 


TO   GENIUS. 


I. 

O  Ge-Vius,  mystic  maiden  !  Avcre  it  mine 

To  lure  thee  from  thy  native  skies  awliile  — 
To  win  one  look  of  love  or  e'en  a  smile 
Of  condescending  sympathy —  to  shine 

One  moment  on  my  soul,  as  doth  the  beam 
Of  yonder  crescent  on  the  placid  stream  — 
I  would  not  ask  for  wealth  or  fame  or  power ! 
That  instant  favor  would  he  ample  dower 

An.l  marriage  portion  with  my  wedded  muse. 
Wliy  art  so  coldly  coy  ?     Why  still  refuse 
What  is  so  small  to  give,  so  great  to  gain? 
What,  for  this  favor,  must  I  pay  ?    What  pain 

Endure  ?     What  Alp   surmount  ?     What   depths 

exi»lore  ? 
Grant  me  a  svord  -  a  smile  -  if  nothing  mo^e. 


II. 


Sure,  T  have  loved  thee  deeply —  wooed  thee  long. 
From  morn  to  even,  and  from  youth  to  prime  ;  — 
Bridging,  with  diamond  hours,  the  stream  of  thne, 
That  glittered  hut  a  while,  like  flecks  of  rime 

Ui.on  a  brooklet  of  an  autumn  morn  ! 


TO    GEXIUS.  |();j 

Had  I  nn  ou'-h  inuum  I  won]<I  diml, 
Tho  saj.phiro  throne  wl.ore  tl.ou  dost  sit  and  scorn 
My  wingless  rage -and  seize  l,y  furee  what  still 
Tl-  )u  dost  so  lavish  grant  of  thine  own  will 
To  other  sons  of  earth  and  spirit  born  — 

Tliy  favored  ones, -to  whom  the  sightless  queen, 
Dame  Fortune,  has  no  more  propitious  hccu 
Than  she  has  been  to  me,  _  sinee  few  are  known 
To  whom  this  double  favor  has  been  shown. 


III. 

Oh,  wilt  thou  not  relent  ?     TVhy  still  so  cold  ? 
How  soon  could'st  tliou  transmute  this  elay  to  gold ! 
And  ere  the  cloud  could  pass  from  Pha•be^s  fae^. 

Her  mellow  radiance,  when  it  comes,  might  beam 
Upon  another  bard,  wl.ose  en\ied  i)lace 

In  Fame's  proud  fane  is  only  now  a  dream ! 
'T  is  thine  to  make  t/tis  a  reality, 
EV'u  by  a  ray  that  can  alone  from  thee 
Proceed  — one  thought,  original  and  deep, 
That  from  thy  suitor's  pregnant  brain  might  leap, 
Minerva-like,  fall  arniM,  the  gods  among, 
And  be  one  of  them  — ever  g.eat  and  young! 
lint  vain  the  seige !     Thy  unrelenting  brealt 
Is  not  so  broken,  and  the  spoil  i)osscssed ! 


104 


rOEMS. 


FRAGMENTS 


Ol"      AN      UXFINISHKI)       l't»r.M. 


MOUNIXG. 


MoitN  \V()(H'S  tlu'C,  Psycho,  uilh  liis  dewy  lips 
j\n<l  wiinii,  lovi'-hglitt'd  glaiu-cs.      Let  us  forth 
And  ]ihi-k  the  earlu'st  flowers  for  s:ie.ifiee  — 
1.  .Ml he  tlie  fresh  g:Ue,  :uid  haiitiuet  on  a  least 
Of  lovehness;  an<l  pm-ify  our  souls 
In  till'  full  tide  that  freely  Hows  lor  all! 
C'onic  forth;  llu'  lily  yearns  f)r  thee;   ht  not 
The  youiii:;  rtisi'  lant^uish  for  thy  love, 
Or  violet  complain  thy  tardy  steps. — 
They  wait  for  the*',  as  maidens  for  the  hride, 
All  iremidous  \>it!i  sympatlutic  joy, 
And  radiant  lacli  with  coronals  of  dew  — 
(;t(.uin4  with  charms  which  thiiu'  alone  tran-ceud  ! 
He  th.'U  not  slow  to  yn-et  them  and  to  swing, 
With  them,  thv  c  user  of  sweet  praise. 


ItKAITV, 


lUo 


O'er  fl.c  slill  f„Ii.,^.,.  j,„„r„  ,],^  ^,,,,,1,,^^  p.^^.__ 
Tl.roKu^l,  ,M,r,,lo  vn,„)r.s-lik,.  a  Im1I.,u- iM.nu. 

<^>'' tlHs.  ,;.|lt,v..s,i„  spray  c.m.l;,.nt,!Mvakin..- 
'<><!'-Hy,,Mrtid...:     And  vv..M„lVi„^.|I,„s, 

%<>tl..r><.|(;,I,„sl,,,,HlinJi:.,Hl,  whKflHv 
'''■""■■'"'  ^'''-'-Im.s,  (.aril,  s,.,.,nsMM(,-n:„.t<..| 
%-.i.I.t..n.,unaMkin.l,sav<.,.s.      ILav...  s-nik-s 
)"K.M-tl,,uI.i,.|,Iik,.alu.aut(..„sI..l„,Iooks„.. 
Hifl>a/.,rc,.yc..s<,novin-(.on(i.|...„.c 
^•"1  ri.Hi.I  joy.     TiuM.n.su.tl.at  UTlH-ar 
Of  I.ir.I  and  iusc.-f,  wI.is,H.rin,i;  win.I  ..,,,.1  rill, 
Is  N  at  lire's  „\v„  incl.xly  _  (1^.  ..Mi.^f, 
Oratorio  ,,(•,.•„., I,  __,!„.  m.^^.,,,,  __ 
TIh.  sonr.T  on,.,n„„„,^._j,„,  ^^^^_j^,^^^^^^^. 
'I'li.it  (irst   in  si„l,.ss  paradise  <li,|  fl.,,.,t 

''•"''"•<l''s  (irst  listening,  wlMsperin;,,  lov-ny  ones! 


iJKArrv. 

^'•iiMT  <.r  I!..au(y,  |1„„.  liasl  ever  hee,. 
•^  pH'sene..  roiMi.l  alM.iit  ,„<■  an. I  a  p..u,.r! 
'■■'•">'  ""•  Inst  inoniin- ray  of  ,.„„.,i,.„„„.,,^ 
Mv  MMises  eliarniiri-  with  t|,y  ,,i\sti,.  ,p,.l|  | 
'  ''"'  '•"''■  '"        me  ulwresoe\.r  I  ,_r„  _ 
'i'''Vsoii   U"'n|sHhispVi„g,.,,nve:.p,iv,.  ,„^ 


too 


roi.M?^. 


And  so  trniiH'^i.  ill--  nil  tliy  s..rl  in  mine, 
TlK.t  all  thin-.  siu-:.k  cf  iWv\     \\hvyv  art  tl.ou  not  ? 
Earth,  ocean,  air,  and  si^acc  illiniital.lc 
Thy  .h.niain  !     All  thin-s  that  (io.l  hath  iMshiuncl 
Mn>l  hr  thiiu-  ;  hut  in  all  thin-s  to  trace  tlu'c 
Needs  a  ]>nri'  vision  and  a  s(i\d  suhlinie  ; 
To  lovi'  thee  truly  nei'ds  a  heart  all  love  — 
Sul)dued,  r-Hned,  and  j.-.teut  over  m-u^i-! 
There  is  a  beauty  Ueauty  doth  (  ulold  — 
A  j.resence  felt,  not  -»'en  — an  eilhieuce  — 
A  s..ul  that  speakeih  sj-eerhless  thin--,  as 't  were 
r  Throu'^h  eyes  InmunerahU',  e-t'rywi.ert 
Which  uniK'rceived  dolh  -rant  hut  little  seen  ! 


'Tis  n(*t  in  liannony  the  n\(.st  eoini>let(> 
Of  cdior,  lorui  cr  >..upd,  ;il.-iie,  we  trace 
The  sulttle  s<nil  of  what  doth  live  in  -uch  — 
This  life  rssi'ntial  nex-ks  e'en  thou-ht   itsell, 
While  drnps  the  hru^h  fr..m  han.ls  iiKMunpetenl  ; — 
And  wh.ich,  oiMM'  t'elt,  the  mi-hliest  niaMir|.ii'ce 
Of  mimic  art  is  hut  a  'allure  >till, — 
The  -h.wini;-  canvas  mirmrs  :ill  hut  tin-! 
And  thus  the  lullie-t  miixls  die  not  ol"  a-e, 
Diseiisf  or  want  —  the\   i-eri-h  ..f  .h-pair! 
All  hearts,  hut  lheir<,  are  juhilant,  —  t  lu'y  !m.\e 
Am"ii'4-  us  with  a  |.en>ive  mien  and  ,u.<  U, 
And  seem  l.»  wither  in  the  n.M,ii  of  fiuu'I 


J"V   i\  Tin; 


in;Ai  I  111  I. 


107 


JOY  IX  Tin;  itKAi'Tirur., 


"i:iii;  is  Jill  airy  jilfa 


-l^iit  tlicy  iii(o  uhos,.  soiii  ,I,,t| 


^iirc  iK.no  ?nav  Cw] 


Tiial 
Tl.aJ 

That 

That  uiaiiccs  ri-..iii  (),,•  <|,.\v..| 

'"•  ""»'»m!i-|,(,  .-n,,!  f|„.  star 


Nti-caiM  flic  j'oy 


'l"'vcrsm  til.,  simliulu  tl,p.i,;,r|,  ,1^.  | 
\vl'is|KTs  in  tI.,',M.-ny  meuntain  ^r,,K 
"'•""••'•^'■"tl...  I,„l,hl,.  ,»„  ,|„.  |„.„ok 


caves. 


In  t 


'•"!>  <'ii  the  fl.)n-(.rs, 

■  — t'N cr  L;lcaiiii(|.r 


»'\fi-  li\ii|. 


>"'IV"||   ;ni  I    ,,(' 


-^  ■■trc  \aiii  t< 


I'lrtiiic  if 


III  all  lovely  tliiii;^r,  of  I 
'•'••ii'tlil      I>iif,  wonl 
To  souls  that  (•.••iiiK.f 

'^''^''••'^'  ""•".,  all,.,- many,  ,nan\   .|  ,ys 
'    '''■•■■■"Tsc|,arati..M  lium  tli..  |,,\,.,|  _ 


-(•(■   It    ;|s   it 


l'^. 


() 


(mM    .-1; 


lliccs  iiu'cfiii. 


aiK 


i> 


slill  roMcr  hearts. 


"•"""••'I,  — Ihv  luve.l 


T 


It'll-    l.c,||i||,r    I 


'""■^   ••inns  ar.)iiii,|  ih,.,.  )| 


iViiU  II, 


M 


•OSr.ins    |.|V.<,.,|    (.,    l||i,„._,| 


Mil-  e\  es 


'■•"'Ullll,.,  oerfl.,uill-nn    fhv  .hr.-l, 


li;it 


-l-eak 


<.  Ill  tears 


<>l 


'I    U.lllilcr   U  el.', ,111,.   (||;||,    I 


ii'ir  w  i)|iN 


■Jii^hiiiLr  l..s,.y      li'  ^,„.), 


Ui  re  e\  cr  1 1 


line 


len   nia'.st   f| 


loll   L-llcss 


oi'  'iMlllv     kll 


<>r 


o\\  ,   file    i,,\ 


'""   ^^'"'I'ves  an.llcve.J...  |:,.,,i,ir„| 


In  her  uwii  bdUei-,   uliicl 


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POEMS. 


THE    REST-DAY. 


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On,  wl'at  :i  'ooon  siu-li  liallowtMl  Ikmiv  as  this  . 
Wlu'ii  caiv  and  toil  and  strilV,  like  dead  leads,  drop 
Ik'ncath  tlu'  Ivthcan  wave,  and  leave  the  sou! 
In  full  possession  .if  her  dower  of  l>liss, — 
Peaee.  Love,  and  Contemplation,  undisturbed! 
We  have  too  littU'  time  to  he  ourselves, — 
To  he  what  Heaven  designed  !     Our  rescued  feet 
Now  press  firm  land,  while  all  tl      week's  Ion-  lengtli 
Our  frauili'  harks  hive  hutfetcMl  the  storm 
And  hatth-d  with  the  wave  !     We  have  heen  ehaMied 
'Twixt  murky  walls;  hut  this  day  we  are  free! 
Oh,  hlessed  emaneipation  !      Not  that  I 
Do  scon;  Toifs  h  .rny  hand  ami  sweaiinu  hrow. 
'Tis  wi'll  we  have  ne<'essitii's  ;   't  is  well 
That  hone-t  lahor  >imph'  wants  -upplv  ; — 
Fur  Sill  and  Woe  —  w(  ird  sisters  of  the  Ni-ht  — 
Do  clMiin  one  eoimiion  >-ire  in  pampered  Sloth. 
Our  iM.di.s  Mnd  our  -pirits  have  imt  lost 
Their  life  elastic  hy  the  needtnl  wei-ht  ; 
|;ut,  when  the  Ke^t-day  rises  with  tlu'  lark. 
We,  wi   h  the  lark,  ri-e,  too.      We  kiss  >weet  Sleel', 
As,  with  a  smile,  ^hc  liears  away  our  dreams  — 
The  •jui-j.coux  furniture  of  Kairy-Iaml  !  — 
And.  partiuLT,  hid  her  voiiie  again  with  evo. 


MEirOKY. 

^^^0  fed  no  inwara  pain --the  recompense 

Vensefn>uiareani.sorjoyf,,h,,,,tojoy.s 
'"'  '■';"  "^^^  'l--^'-S- tl.e  hannony  of  .souls  - 

^-eot  nUe,vou.-.se  of  uunas-conver.se  Mith  God 
J)nvct  or  tln-oughnis  handiwork -- to  M-anu 
And  tender  greet  ings-Iove^s  embrace! 

A  whole  day  resting  on  the  lap  of  Peace' 
^  o  tnue  r.uiVuitful,  for  at  n.orn  we  know 
^i-t  every  h..,a.,,,^,,i„^.     Not  such  his  day, 

il.e.rst  halt  .spent  in  sleepy,  .slipshod  doubts 
And  drowsy  resolutions,  and  the  last 

i"  fracture  of  them  all;  closed  off  at  night 
H  'th  unbecoming  mirth  or  foul  debauch 

^^'Hcb  either  mind  or  body  must  repent' 
Through  all  the  coming  week  with  many  a  pang! 


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WKMOliV. 


^""^K  dear,  dim  years!   IIuw  ull  the  , 


And  dove-like,  hovers  oVr  them  with  re.n-et- 
A  nnhl  regret  -  a  tear-compelhng  j„y  -  " 

>-'•  t  hey  are  gone -Ibr  ever -ever  gone! 
■|'"ll-'|.ling,thu.s,  our  visions  with  fair  lb, 
y''"l'^'vc  no  other  being -we  are  lone! 
■  "^  J--V  ai.iidst  ihe  spectral  multitude  I 
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"'"'1  Avings  back. 


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POEMS. 


In  seasons  such  ns  tliis,  or  ot'tener  still 

In  the  hushed  twilight,  ulieii  the  stars  come  forth -- 

Familiar  as  old  faces  —  one  hy  one,  — 

The  present  fades  — the  past  is  j.resent  then! 

We  leel  the  pressure  of  a.  gentle  hand, 

Wt'  hear  the  accents  of  a  >vell-knowu  voice. 

8u.e,  'twas  hut  ycster  eve  when  last  these  eyes 

Beamed  on  us  as  we  wandered  hy  the  shore  — 

Or  stream,  hill,  valley,  f  .rest,  iield,  ar..l  i-lain  — 

In  converse  sweet  with  Nature;  or  reclined 

Up.m  the  lap  of  calm,  -lonu  stic  hai.piuess,  h^sido 

The  glowing  log  that  cheered  the  winter  night,— 

As  wisdom,  wit  or  song  tlu'  hours  beguil-' ; 

One  reading  — Avhile  the  rosy  circle  sat 

In  rai)t  attention  — some  old  glorious  bard, 

Some  episode  in  siory,  or  some  tale 

Of  bohl  adventurer  to  lnn<^s  remote,— 

Sonu"  sparkling  scintillati..ns  of  (piick  minds; 

Sonu'  s<mg  that  moves  the  patriot  blood,  or  starts 

The  sympatlietie  tear.  — Then  comes  the  lull ; 

The  Book  of  iKH.ks  is  read  ;  <he  evening  hymn 

Floats  ui.war.l,  and  the  "good-night"  bU'ssings  given, 

\Midst  kisses  showered  round  on  old  and  young! 


()  Memory!   thou  art  a  sr.creil  thing  — 
Thy  mission  holy!     Thou  art  to  our  souls 
A  monitress  — a  nu'ssenger  of  g""'l  ^ 
When  on  the  bonhrdand  of  Doid.t  or  eVn 
Full  entereu  oii  lue  p'Ciiiou:,  [.im  -^    o 


MEMOKY. 


Ill 


Tcmj)ting  tlio  j-Hzo  nn.l  en-or  tJ.o  jmrsnit, 

And  (lead  to  cv(.rytl.in-  l,„t  „„,.  wil.l  tlwill 

Of  ravislinicnt  and  madness  — „„  wo  nisli 

To  rum!     Thc-n  thou  da. test  swift  and  sure 

An  an-ow  from  thy  quiver:  _,,Vi,,p,  so,nc  word 

A  dym-  motlier  wliispercl  years  a-o  — 

•Some  long-for^.ottei.  cnnnsvl  of  a  s'i're, 

Iliniself  woll-„i.^d.  for^.>tten,_son,e  warm  tear 

Dn.piKMl  from  a  sister's  eyc-lid  on  the  hand 

That  pressed  the  last  end.raec.s  -  some  deep  gaze 

Ot  a  neglected  h.ve  — some  passion  vow, 

r.ong  broken  ruthlessly  _  some  wo.d,  s.Jne  glance 

'Some  prayer,  sou.e  tear,  son.e  tola.,,  scene  or  tho,i.d„  __ 

<)  Memory,  thou  shoot  est  to  the  heart 

I)i.vct,  arresting  its  mad  Inunids,  an.l  lea.liug 

IJack  the  prodigal  to  hope  and  heaven  ! 


And  Memory's  (piiver  is  not  filled  ;  each  hour 
Doth  add  a  silver  shaft.     These  happy  .lays  _ 
The.e  fleeting  moments  of  youn-  love  and  lif(. 
^Vill  he  the  mcmViesof  a  uintry  a-^-t 

Til"  inne  may  eon,e,  ,,..n.han,.,,  when,  old  and  worn, 
^""u.  morn  like  this  will  ,lnd  us  loitVing  here, 
And  as  we  mutual  help  our  sl,.,,s  inlirnC 

Tl-.e  living  hours  will  th.-ker  <,',.,•  our  n.inds - 
*^i"    i-hs  and  tears  unitinLT  as  we  L^a/.e 

**'"■      '  '•'■'"(■nd.en.d  scene:  our  t rv^tin- tree — 
"'"■     ""'  -•'■•I"""t..d  ualk- our  Ihvoritr  view- 


Mil 


"'>i'-seat  — an.l  all  — 


And  h 


■•',  .111  wil 


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•-'  our  meniori'  ^  tl 


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poE^rs. 


THOUGHTS    ON    DEATH. 

These  stately  elms, 
That  with  their  afHueiice  of  living  leaves 
Bend  oVr  ns  in  long  vistas,  seemed  to  be. 
One  moment  since,  the  aisles  and  arehes  fair 
Of  Beauty's  temple  —  suddenly  have  clianged 
To  a  most  sombre  ])ath\vay  to  the  grave  ! 
Behold  the  sign,  Avhere  tcnninates  this  walk, 
The  sig-i  and  heraldry  of  nionareh  Death  — 
The  pale,  eold  obeUsk,  the  broken  shaft. 
The  urn,  the  eenotaph,  the  tomb  !     Alas! 
And  is  it  so  ?     And  must  it  ever  l)e  ? 
Is  I/ife  no  more  '?     Must  cveryjuithway  lead 
To  such  an  issue  ? 


Pause  a  moment  lien^. 
To  ask  (<ne  ([uestion  of  the  winds,  tlu'  leaves. 
The  smi,  the  streai  i,  the  eloud,  the  ilower,  the  dew. 
Why  on  this  l)eing  by  my  si<le  halh  Ibavrii 
lii'stowed  sueh  dower  of  bi^auty  ?     Why  Midi  skill 
In  every  jiart  displayi'd  —  such  symmetry 
Without  — such  won<lrous  j.owcrs  williin  —  and  al' 

To  the  minutest  nervi-,  instinct  with  life 

And  loveliness  so  irnsistible, 

That,  onci'  lu'lield,  each  is  the  other's  self — 

Twain  bodies,  but  one  h.ari,  one  soui,  om-  liic, — 


TIIOU(;iITS    ox    DKATir. 

Why  tliis  ?  and  M-liy  so  evanescent  made  ?  — 
This  Feast  of  beauty,  tl.at  our  eyos  ne'er  tire 
Of  feeding  on  !     This  Goodness,  so  esteemed 
Th.'it  nau-lit  is  good  beside.     This  Tenderness, 
Tliat  makes  us  jealous  of  tlie  wooing  Avind, 
And  ehallenge  svlth  a  frown  tlic  frowning  elouds, 
Lest  but  tlie  faintest  shade  or  gentlest  breath 
IVright  bear  it  injury —  that  it  sliouM  fade 
Like  Autumn's  leaf,  and  mingle  with  the  dust ! 
Oh,  why  so  wonderful  and  yet  so  weak! 
Its  sum  of  life,  _  a  morning  and  an  eve  — 
A  day  of  tears  and  smiles,  of  clouds  and  shine  ! 
This  miracle  of  J3eing,  for  what  end, 
What  i)ur])ose  wnraght  ? 

The  dew-droj)  ti-iekles 
To  the  sod  and  vanishes  ;  the  flower,  too, 
Fa.h>s  away;  the  clouds  fl(.at  on  ;  the  streamlet 
Whimsies  by;  the  sun  moves  toward  his  setting; 
Silent  f  .11  the  leaflets ;  and  the  zei-hyrs 
I*ass  us  but  to  sigh  ! 

Sucli,  then,  tlieir  answer ! 
Surh  the  sole  res,»onse !     They  breathed  no  promise 
'li"tr.l  no  hope,  and  solved  no  problem  dark! 
iJut,  as  they  passe.],  they  j.ointed  to  th-  dust! 


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114 


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Tll(»l  CUTS    IN    CIU'HCII. 


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i    1 ' 


UwiKi  'tis  llic  cliiine  of  Sabbatli  bells,  tliat  call 
From  many  a  satTcl  tcmpU'  far  ami  lU'ar. 
Let  'IS  (>l»ey  the  suinnioiis  ;  it  is  luet't 
Our  ])ilii;rimM^e  shouM  lead  to  such  u  sliriue. 
Heri-  let  us  (Miter  with  tlu   \vorshii)]>ers, 
AikI  yield  uj*  !ill  our  soul  to  holy  thouufht  ; 
For  who  dares  eoine  beneath  the  sacred  rooi" 
Unmindful  of  the  mystic  majesty 
Fnthroned?     Pure  Faith  beliold  ;  n(,  ground  that  is 
Not  holv,  since  His  liand  hath  fashioned  all, 
"Whose  eye  doth  rest  on  all  and  sanctify: 
Farth  teems  with  altars  as  the  heaven  with  stars  1 
]>ut  the  vast  tabernacle  doth  contain 
A  holiest  of  holies.     Such  is  this  — 
AVI. -re  only  He  in  wlioin  we  live  and  move 

And  have  our  being,  heeds  tlu'  sujijiliant's  prayer. 

Courts  are  for  kings,  and  castles  for  tlu'  lirave; 

JNlarts  for  the  merchant,  gardens  for  the  gay  ; 

Schools  for  the  sophist,  ]»alaces  l"or  jirid"  ; 

And  halls  for  patriotic  elo-iuenci'  ;  — 

r>ut  here  —  let  each  his  sandals  lay  aside  — 

Forgetful  of  all  else  but  /n's  od'ii  sins, 

God's  injured  laws,  and  ('hii>t's  ;'<oning  love. 


Il(»w  wonderful  is  })rayer  I  that  atom,  I, 

.  .  1      ,  J 1       : .... 

V.  an  mo\c  iiie  iiiiii  \\u\\  iiio\v.^  inc  uu;-.  v;- 


•iHOlGHTS    IN-    CIUK.  IT. 

iWo.Hl  Mil  ronson  ;  In.i,  ol,,  Urs.v,}  tn.tl,  • 
^'"*  •'•'•■^••'"«'  ^''itl'  hvy.ua.     Tlu-n.  I<.t  it  ret  • 
To,vMs„ni.sto,louI,t_to.loul.tis.lc...,(I,»    ' 
T;Ot  K..son  slcv,,  since  Faith  lu-.v  ,vi;,ns  supronie. 

^7^  "''••''  '^^^••''^'>?-i"-"  in  all  tlK.,H,n,> 
Ut  n-al  pa-enntry  aiul  ,,uuct  ?     X..t  so;  — 

Ih-I,oI,I  I„M-yon.]er,  pensive  an.I  serono-' 
Cl.il.llike,  l>ut  n,ajes(ie;   weak,  yet  wi-I-lin.,.  stren^^t}.  • 
'*'*■  '-"''^  ''y"  "'^'--'surin,..  tl.y  ,l<.ptl,s,  Infinity!        ' 
A  eoHHial  (.f\)oy  npon  Iter  l.n.u- ; 

Her  n.be  all  j.eace  an.l  spotless  pnrity  — 
Transc-en.lent  Beauty  hovvn^v,a  from  ti.e  skies! 


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irmv  simple  all  the  rites  that  TFeaven  .leniamls -_ 
I-vc-,  Faith,  ITunulity -a  psahn,  a  prayer - 
A  sigh,  a  tear,  a  gush  of  lioly joy! 

A.,  earnest,  eontrite  heart -no'less,  no  more! 


^   Oh,  e.)uM  r  sing  one  solemn,  saere.l  hymn, 
That,  hlench'ng  Nvith  some  g-ran<T  ohl  melo.ly' 

Might  suvll  ami  roll  along  these  areh.-s  dim,' 

An.l  till  nith  >.,ng,  as  with  an  im-.M.se-eh.u.I,' 

Tliis  vast  an.l  venerable  pi!-  !     ()n,  eouhl  I  ponr- 

-\^  liiiipi.l  water  leaping  from  the  roek 

I5y  Moses  tonehed- these  struggling  thoughts  eonfine.l, 

'"'I'-isoned  in  the  soul  !-these  thoughts  of  Gel, 

Ol  man,  of  time,  and  .,f  eternity; 

'>'■  ''"'ty,  love,  and  truth  ;  of  life  and  death  • 


or . I, .•-... .......  ,  /.  .  .      . 


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rOEMS. 


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lii 


But  no  !     'T  is  -ot  for  me.     IMino  not  the  gift  ;  — 

Tlie  pfvinp,  but  not  the  full  fruition,  mine  ! 

Fitter  for  me  to  hiy  niy  hand  ujjon 

My  mouth,  and  bo^v  in  speechless  re.  erence  ; 

And  in  a  meek,  submissive  mood,  award 

All  honor  and  nil  gratitude  to  those  — 

The  voiccful  ones,  who  all  along  the  years 

Have  told  us  and  intcqireted  our  dreams  ! 

Else  had  our  spirits  been  disquieted  ; 

And  all  our  hopes  been  whelmed  in  waves  of  donbt ! 


WEALTH. 


I 


..  .  - 


"  CouxT  out  thy  gains !  "  demands  yon  sor<lid  wretch, 
Who  from  the  budding  days  of  blooming  youth  — 
Naught  loving  but  himself,  naught  worshipping 
13i;t  Hold  —  who  never  smiled  but  when  he  gave 
To  others  cause  of  tears  —  yea,  from  his  youth, 
Hath  toiled,  and  giound,  and  cheated,  until  now  -- 
A  withered,  shrivelled,  staggering  skeleton, 
That  with  a  coward  eye  and  i)ond'rous  key 
Doth  nightly  sentinel  a  box  of  dross ! 
"  Coimt  out  thy  gains  ! "     "  Xay,  count  me  thine  ! "  I  ask 
Then,  with  his  long,  lank  finger,  toward  the  chest 
He  i)oints  ;  and  pointi?ig,  dies  ;  and  dying,  fades 
His  gold,  and  Ills  more  golden  years,  fur  aye  ! 


LIFE. 

Can  wealth  do  more  tlmu  this  ?    Yea,  it  can  build 

Volu],tuous  i)alaccs,  an<l  summon  earth, 

Air,  ocean,  to  administer  to  thee  — 

Where,  clad  in  purple  and  in  linen  fine. 

Bright  youths  may  wait  on  thee,  and  maidens  fair; 

And  sweet  perfr.-ne,  and  dulcet  melody, 

And  ruby  wine,  and  vian<ls  rich  and  rare, 

Await  thy  pleasure,  and  thy  passions  feed  ! 

'Tis  true.    But  there  must  come  a  time  when  these 

3Iust  fade  before  thine  eyes,  or  cease  to  give 

Aught  else  than  pain  and  poignant,  wild'hspair. 

Can  wealth  do  more  than  this  ?    Yea,  it  can  rear 

^  cenotaph,  and  Avrite  it  o'er  with  lies. 

That  he  who  knew  thee  not  in  life, 

Hay  be  deceived  about  thee  for  an  hour! 


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LIFE. 

^TriEY  know  not  life  who  know  not  love- who  feel 
>^'.    yearnii'vs  ^roiu  within  for  something  more 
i"-.n  passion  cravcth  —fruit  tliat  ripens  not 
1.1  solar  rays; -for  streams  thai  have  their  spring 
I>eep  hidden  in  the  sacred  heart  .,r  things ! 
'f.)  whom  the  flowers  are  not  as     jstcrs  fUir, 
And  stars  their  ehler  brothers,  an.l  the  sn'eep 
Of  the  wide  universe  their  heritage 
-la  iaihei-laiid  !—  u-ho  count  earth  all,  and  death 


LirTfT-rm 


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POEMS. 


A  flcsolation.     Ah,  tlioy  liuow  not  life 
Whoso  life  is  hreatliiiig-,  aiiil  in  wliat  ihoy  (Icriu 
Most  worthy  of  dcsiiv  —  iloshly  lust 
Of  i)loasure,  vrealth,  :uul  power! 

Sweet  souii'ls  may  tame 
The  heart  that  owns  no  law  save  it  ^  wild  will ; 
But  all  the  synijihouies  of  Xatiire  tall 
On  man's  emliruteil  ears  as  rain  on  reefs! 


Tin;    AXC    L-WIIISIM-.U. 


How  like  this  hour  of  twiliu-lit  u;-Iooni  the  heart 
J].'elou(letl  much — a  lone  star  i;rniinierliig  — 
iVn<l  a  flint,  failing  light  — nneia-tain  all! 


Ah,  ves;  tiiou  wh;s|ierest,  "Love,  ami  f.iit'i,  and  Inijic 
y\\  soul  admH's  thee  fur  that  slill,  small  voice. 
Oil,  let   me  drink  the  liuht  of  llicse  sweet  cNe.S 
Tlnit  ga/A'  reproaelil'iilly  in  mine,  and  s]ie;ik 
A  lan<'"ua<''e  learned  ti'oin  intcreonrsc  wllh  Ileiven! 
Are  there  not  seasons  when  the  lu'art  t'eels  lone  — 
I)iselted  and  al>andoned  In  its  need  — 
A  s.iith'-'-,  hi'lmless,  inanlt-^s,  hojiclcss  \\  rrrk  I 
Its  |.reeious  Ireight  — t!i  ■  I  iImm -|inielia^ed  fruit 
or  rianv  an  an\ioiis   \ car  —  all  h  It  to  dri\  e 


MIDXIGUT. 


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riKu-e.l  fur  to  .lostrnotion  :     Looking  roniul, 

A\  *■  Hc  no  pityii.o-  ^y^..  n^  saving  hand  ; 

An.l  tl.cn  c-onies  Doul,t,  an.l  liag-anl-cye.I  Despair, 

Extending,  witli  her  ilvshWss  Iiand,  the  cuj*, 

To  iM.ison  all  tlie  lonntains  oC  the  soni  ;  — 

And  knov.ino-  wliat  u'e  are,  and  deeming  wJiat 

^^  e  might  have  l»een_ue  se:,..  ,;,.  tempting  draught ! 

And  tlieu-  just  then  s<nnv  angel-whis^cr  comes, 

With  sweet  n-<,rds,  hreathing  hope,  and  peace,  and  love  • 


MIDNIGHT. 


'Tis  n.M.n  of  night;  tlie  soli'mn  I)ell  lulls  forth 
Its  nicaNure.l  notes  — thr  knc  11  of  ycsirrday  ! 
And  suh.mn  still,  though  'tis  the  morrow's  peal! 
l-'lin-  wide  the  latti.H.;   hi  the  hrcath  of  heaven 
IJivatlu-  on  us  whih   we  muse.      II„.h  every  som.d 
or  light,  uidiallowed  mirth;   the  lamp's  l,righ(  glare 
Mint  out,  as  now  the  pi'nsi\..  spirit  bow.s 
In  revenntial  rxcrcise  —  ii|,|if| 
iivynul  the  .londs!     Von  spiritual  worlds 
That  gem  the  hrow  of  \i;.ht  seem  nearer  to  ns  now, 
An.lgh.w  lurause  we  -raze;   .•i„d   FFeaven  itself 
iMure  like  our  fitiirrlimd!      Sweel,  hnlh.we.I  h 


IKIUI 


II"-  of  j^nvat  thougliis  and  line  ima-iuin-'s! 


lli(» 


rOKMS. 


"When  on  the  whigs  of  Contcin])l:ition  homo, 
W(,'  rise  oVt  all  the  narrow  houmls  of  sense, 
Anil,  without  (H-solutitni,  taste  the  rieii 
Amhrosial  food  I     The  world  is  (^uite  shut  out  — 
Its  wants  and  woes  —  its  jxtinps  auil  vanities 
Do  fade  away;  and  eaeh  poor  witlur'Mi,'  wreath. 
That  all  (.)ur  anxious  ^ife  is  _L,dven  to  gain, 
Seems  like  the  plaything  of  a  greener  age  ! 
The  very  thought  of  earth  is  saerilege  — 
l*rofane  as  rexelry  hencath  the  gothie  dome 
Of  eloistereil  pile,  where  sainte<l  relies  rest! 
Oh,  fittest  hour  to  launch  upon  the  dec]*; 
And,  in  our  morn  of  youtli,  to  float  aw  ay  ! 
Now,  while  no  fevers  hurn,  no  pains  distract, — 
But  'j,ales  auspicious  till  our  silken  sail 
And  urire  us  onwanl  <.j  the  realms  of  Day! 


Tin;   MisANjiii;('-  i:    Mi;j.Ti;i), 


121 


Till-:    MTSAXTTIROI'K    ^IKLTKD. 

(A  M  i:xK  n;oM  AX  rNriMsMi:!,  ..i;am\.) 

^tl.l-l.t,aI,„„..,,l:^ViM;^„„.,^„i|.,r.     Tl.Mi.  -  M^|.,.j 


[/'"/</•  IIi:m;i, 


Uksuu     V 


<i   hlhm-  .^/„i/,  lit.] 


"-.i^nc'uu.,  ('.-.rl,  furl,,,  I,,,,,,,,  li,^,.  ,i^,^,^^_ 


( 


AIM. 


IhiI  welcome,  Heiiri,  \\,.| 


•\'i'l  then  i  1  milike  .je.itli.      Wcl 


eiillii' 


e<»iiie,  <j^n,„l  Ilivii.I 


I  /.«///■,■  „>/,/,  //„.  /„^Y 


ili:\.     L 


riihu  III. 


■t  IK'I  in\   h.'irsli  \ 


Of  tli;i(  swct 


'"<•<'  iii;ir  the  Iiiel,„lv 


l-et   iioi    th 


-"II-—   t  \v;is  it   tli.il   teiii|,t,.,| 


llle 


M'  llute-  i,|-,.\V  silent    uii   tile  si 


nil' 


!iil  tr<iiiii|,,i|. 


( 


\i;i. 


\\;i'-  liiit  -A  siiiM,! 


M 


\     .IK'IH 


-•'■.IKc    \\  ,,11||    \(,|||-   1 


iiiiil:>  'uhI  1 


|>le  S()||M-, 

'"■•••'iii.L;-;  —  Imii  f,,  ,11, 


l""l"nc>  —  ;|  cl,ii,|| j 


>  I  illie 


•^    lil'l,'    l.iv,  tii.it 


w 


III  lle',1-   I   t;iK 


'I'ilte  UllCMnsei.iil  .|\, 


'•  lil\    ivre,  ill   ,||-, 


e:ilii\    iihhhI 


""'   11, e   iriuiiiir. 


11 


1-i-J 


i'(>K>rs. 


r  ■ 


f 


IIkx.  Ah!  a  cliiMl'  -xl's  tune- 

That  wins  tlioc  hack  to  all  thy  diihlh      1  loved! 
'Tis  on  such  niulits  as  this,  when  soft  re])ose 
Stills  every  niunnur  hut  the  sijihin^  gale, 
Ami  the  pale  nioonliu-ht  ripiiles  in  the  flood  — 
'Tis  in  such  houi-s  we  hover  o'er  the  past  — 
Call  up  tlie  shady  spirits,  :ind   refresh 
The  fading  nienuu-ies  of  e:ich  liallowed  scene  ;  — 
Kinhrace  loved  forms,  and  feel  the  snu>ldVing  tire^j 
IvckimUing  in  the  heart  their  ancient  glow; 
I  know  it,  Carl.     'Tis  this  that  gui.les  your  liand 
To  sti-ike  a  chord  hai'monioiis  with  your  sou'. 

Cvur..     Ave,  lleiui,  that's  the  truth.      l.ut    yet,  how 
strange 
The  past  shouM  ever  seem  to  claim  so  large 

A  portion  of  till'  mind!     No  present  joy  — 

\o  I'liture  promise,  \>v  it  I'cr  so  great^ 

Cm  di--pt>ssess  this  despot  of  the  heait  ! 

IIkv.      A  gentle  despot,  ("arl,  —  a  loving  one  — 

Sine"  lie  hut  gives  us  hack  our  tears  tf  joy  — 

Siirroumls  his  throi.c  with  lo\(Tnicss  :ind  light, 

And  Iciiiishes  cncli  giicf ;  or,  if  one  shade 

Still  liiiuers  there,  with  most  consummate  skill. 

He  liid-  it  soften  some  loo  lirini;mt  ray  ; 

And  tears,  too  preci.  us  to  he  lov>,  trai.^mutcs 

To  pe.irls,  that  i.\er  glitier  in  h-^  crown  ! 

A  u'  ii'h-  di  -]"-t,  (';ii!,  a  !o\",ng  one. 

(   \i;i.      I  feel  him  sui  li,  my  fiieed,  I  feel  him  sueli  — 


THE    MISAXTIIKOI'E    MELTED, 


I:!:} 


11 KX.     Ilnrk! 

^-^''^"  The  boatman's  sorcnado. 

^^^^'-  Uow  sH-ootly 

Do  tlie  soft  zopl.yrs  waft  it !  droamily  — 
Xou-  spoiling  I,„„l_i,o,v  (Ivin-r  to  a  breatli! 


[./   juni.^-f.] 


Tl 


eiv  is  a  tiino,  a  place,  +or  all  tliin-s  ma.lo,— 


And  wln-n  the  jnoonhoani  si 


Xaturo,  liorsolt; 


ccps  uj)()n  the  flood, 


('lies  out  for  niolodv! 


Caul.     IF 


<-'  was  no  idlo  drcanuT  who  ostooniM 


lannonv, 


Ilcr  lii<,dK'SL  law  was  lioavcnly  I 

IIkn.     Xo  idle  divainor !     Ah,  1.„t  what  a  world 
man  were  not  the  oidy  chord  untimM  — 
10  jarrinnr  „ot,.  that  <lamns  the-  nohlc  soni;! 
Caul.     IJnt  who  can  say?     A  discord  oft  In't 
nL'ister's  haii.l,  it  tilm.^cs  'Jic  chord 
Hex.     True,  (  arl ;    hut    know,   wl 


If 
Tl 


ravs 


s  more  sweet. 


len  unskillM   fi 


ncrers 


tiare 


To  tamper  with   y(.n  lyre,  its  silver  st 


(mvc  naii^lit  hut  d 


If 


niiLTs 


ISS(»I 


)anc<'!     And  yet,  l,'o(k1  Carl, 


nv  much  a  Lfencrods  soul  may  find  to  1 
^''•n  in  this  ciK.ir  of  untuuM  iuNtrumcuts 
This  woild  ot"  evil 


<>\v 


men  and  — 


Caul 

1 1 -C.N. 


And 


^N'liat,  luy  tVit-ud  ? 
w.,mt  II  — too  — t..o    iMiK'    for   i,io>f    of 


them  — 


l-ilv  diaiiiond,  Lclittcriie,'  iu  the  h;is,-r  clav  •  — 


.i"»v  nunii  oi   ocauix,  trutli,  and  h 


;i\  culy  jiiy 


1-J4 


roicMs. 


r.Mir..     .Villi    vet    \]\vsv    M-ords   srmnd    st iMiiu'cly   troiii 
yor.r  lips, 
TliMt  ino.iii,  so  ot't,  a  iiu'l:iiicli(ily  diri^'c;  — 
Ydii,  ncuri,  \,\\n  liatli  steeled  yoiM'si'lf  a^.■lillst 
The  suit  sediiclioiis  of  tills  iietlier  sj-liere  I 

IIkn.     True,  Carl  — Imf  — 

Caki..  Ha  !    T  see  you  Ma^li  ! 

IIlCX.  Fercliaiiee 

Von  may.     I  have,  of  hite,  had  reeliui^s  yti-aivje. 
With  shado.vy  tlioiiLi'hts  that  somewhat  shook  my  faith. 

CV\i:i..      Voar  faith  I      ><';iy,   Ih  nri,    youi-   mi<'aitli,  you 
'   mean  ; 
What  fiith  had  you  iu  auL,dit  of  he;;ven  oi'  earth? 

IIi:\.     \\'ell,  he  it  so.     \'\v  hecai  a  sceptic,  Cai'I  — 
Soe|(ticI — aud    \vi  — uive  me  your  hand,  my  friend  — 
And  yet,    nethiid^s,  '{  was  on  the  surface,  ;ill  I 
I  tell  thee.  Carl,  I  was  so  like  the  e;irth 
AVhich.  s;iv  the  sau'es,  is  one  welt'ririu'  ma<s 
i)\'  :il!.cop-Mmiiiu-  tire,  with  hut  a  thin 
Pie-ciai^t  on  which  we  human  uiortaN  cicepl 
y\\  heart  was  ;ill  a-i;lo\\,  tlion^h  (aai^tdl  o'er 
With  I'Ut  a  frai:ile  rind  of  mihi'liel'— 
A  lilm\   |il:tt"orm  foi'  my  creepin'j,- iloiihl s  I 

(  '  \  i;i  .      And  so  I  <iflcn  s:iid  1 

IIkn.  And  so  I  th.Miuh'  I 

I>Ut    IMldc.  thou   kuoWCst,  is  <o  ahsolutel 

\;i\.  :ili  iii;    iomr,  tiiese  inner  tire-  did   uiow  ; 
And    \rl  I  ainiM  to  deem  it   were  no|  -.Oj  — 


TIIK    -MISANTIIIIOPI.;    :,I  ICI.TKI) 


1-j: 


Yen,  strove  to  tliink  my  col.lness  did 
From  (IcH'p  jiliilosophy ! 


result 


MIL, 


Tlic  siK'll,  and  ^roke  tin's  1 


iikx.   a  t; 


Well,  Avliat  dissolved 
n:irt-sui-r<;iiii(liiiir  rijid  y 


ice. 


MIL. 


A  faee 


ir 


K.V. 


A  thee  ar  1 


A  flee  —  and  tl 


len  a  woi-d 


>oauty,  and  a  word  all  love! 


Cakl,     N; 


ly ;  not  n  fair  one's  face':* 


ij 


K  S. 


All,  more  than  fair! 


Mich  words  Ijeeon.e  not  ser;;i.| 


Tl 


[.liim  ;  — to  sj.eak 


icir  j.raises  J,rsf,  anoelic  words,  al 


one 


Arc  \<t:  but  1. 


We  .1 


,   i>ut  kncwuiLj:  not  the  speech  ui'  1 
ii'c  not  (|u;ilify  their  attriltut 


leaveji. 


es 


A\' 


itii  |«-orhn.iianity's  imperli-et  tonLCne! 


Oh,  Carl:— I 


■;»'«   a  tear-<lrui)  i:i  thin 


V  eve 


That  a/ure  heaven  of  sympat hy,  —  ||„„|  k 
I-'or  th....  ha^t  felt  whit  "t  is  toh.ve  and  d 
Th-.u  art  helov'.i:     The  world 
I''h>\vers,  lields,  tre.'s,  st 
If  I 


noHest, 


I'cni 


to  me  is  ehanu'ed  I 
,  trees,  stars,  y,.)|  moon,  and  all  I  loved 


nia\-  eali  it  Inw  — 


seem  sweef.  r  than  lu'lore  ! 


And  what  I  never  |,,\,.d_,nv  f, 


)ot: 


ellow-raee  — 
'  wear  an  altere.I  mien!      A  dehi-e,  Carl 


ll;itli  Hooded  ai:  niv  soul  !      U 


"■.'l\  e1,\   \\  iiidoxvs  (.pcd  I 


"iiitiiiK  .,f  the  i,n-eaf  deep  l.rokeii  up,— 


And,  in  the  o\  I'li 


'ppin-  tide,  the  niountaiiK  s'nk 


And  l.o\e;s  fail-  ;irk 


swims  oer  tif  eternal  tonih 


(>l 


'■'•i-or,  doiil.t,  maliLjnity,  and  p.ide  ! 


IV 


1-JG 


rOEMS, 


I 


m 


TIkmi  sccst  not  iioAv  the  trieiid  of  lonncr  yeiirs 
In  liim  w  li(t  unisps  tlr.  ^atid  and  pours 
Tliis  l,iiiLiiiaL,a'  of  i[vv\)  i»assi<)u  in  thine  cars! 
This  h(  atiiiLf  hcai1  — /i<  re  lav  vour  liaiid,  inv  Carl  — 
Tliis  thi-i>hl)inii-  ln-art,  that  oiici'  was  far  too  small 
For  c'cii  my  selfish  self,  hath  u'rowii  so  u'reat 
That  all  mankind  may  (ind  a  haven  there  I 
In  loviiii;-  one,  T  U'arne(l  to  love  them  all  I 
C'aim..      And  tliis  thou  cam'st  to  tell  'f 
JIkn.  All  this  —  and  move! 

T  told  the  listeniuLr  winds,  to  ease  my  soul 
Of  her  ^weet  weight  of  new-found  ecstasy! 
A\u\  now  I  will  that  you  may  share  with  me. 
(\\i;i..     ]Most  willingly ! 
Hkn.  Tlii.   said,  I  go.     This  night 

T  meet  my  lo\e  l>''iieatli  the  linden  tri'c! 

Lean  from  this  lattice;  thou  niayest  dimly  see, 

Far  di)\\ii  yon  \ale,  o'er  which  a  blue  ha/e  liangs 

So  dreamily,  the  spot — a  fairy  scene! 

There  is  (Uir  trystiiig-trei' !      Wert  excr  there  ? 

"T  is  wiirtli  a  ]iilgrimage  of  fifty  leagues 

Thriiic_;ii  wind  and  I'aiii,  to  see!     Such  lovely  tloweis  ! 

Such  tall,  o'cr-arching  trees!      Such  \i'lvet  swaril  ! 

Such  c<i>cv  little  nooks  lor  eliiii  s|iort<. 

And  fair\   morris-dancers,  and  for  love 

To  wanton  in,  you  ne\cr  saw  licl'ore! 

And  ^uch  a  glorious  ni'^-ht  !      liut  see,  —  the  time 

C'rcc|i-~  oil  a]iace!   and  I  must  go,  ere   vet 

a;';Urs 


II!  11 


t  « '  1 1  1 1 1 1 1 ' 


Tii:-:  MisA.VTHiiori.: 


.Mr:LTi;i). 


V2: 


About  hi.s  lilv-lovc.     Ad 


Ad 


It'll,  my  Carl, 


icu 


[/.'■'■it  IlKNia. 


AKL, 


How  vast,  how  i)otciit,  1 


Adieu!  .uid  Heaven  smile  on 


your  .joy 


All 


low  i)n)tnund  is  love  ! 


ccMKjuermg !     Alike,  that  -1 


In  Piivad 


<»i"ious  morn 


1st',  when  Adam,  wak 


111^-  warm 


rom  blissful  dreams,  lirst  saw  his  1 
As  now,  this  ni-lit,  beneath  yon  linden  tree  ' 


•eaufeous  bride 


Tl 


't'same  in  palaee  as  in  cot  — amid 


The  li 


And 


yi.er!)or;an  Avilds  as  'neath  tl 


le  vines 


siiiinv  skies  < 


Thank  II 


'f  Italy 


or  S 


l»ain. 


X 


enven,  it  is  the  same  !     Tl 


o  matter  who,  or  wliat,  or  wl 


K'le  is  no  heart 


Love  hath  not  reaeliM 


lere,  or  when 


or  ni 


ty  'i..t  reaeh  — to  melt. 


128 


rOKMS. 


!ii 


) 


MAIDEX    LOXGIXGS. 

"What  a  honutifiil  cvc.  Avitli  its  saftVon  sky, 
Its  i)urpk'  clouds,  and  its  iutant  moon  ! 

"SVitli  a  bri-at  litt'.e  star,  like  a  lonely  eye, 
Looking  down  on  tl.o  calm  lagoon  — 

Unruffled  by  auglit  but  the  wild-binVs  v,uv/, 

As  it  dips,  on  her  way  to  the  Land  of  Sprinj 


o'! 


Oh,  could  we,  luy  love,  Avitli  that  lightsome  bu-d. 

Forsake  this  region  of  fading  flov>"v'v-', 
For  climes  whci'e  the  sigh  of  the  /ei'hyr  is  heard, 

For  ever  in  beautiful  bowers  !  — 
Where  day,  as  thiiu'  I'yes,  may  b(>  cloudlessly  bright. 
With  the  dew,  as  my  tears,  falling  softly  at  night ; 


Where  lilies  are  i-:iss;ng  the  crystal  stream. 
And  citron  and  cinnamon  scenting  the  gales; 

Where  butU'rllies  flit,  and  lireilics  gleam, 
And  turtle-doves  coo  in  the  vales;  — 

Where  cold  is  a  stranger,  and  teni|iest  uiidreaded, 


ii     > 


.i.i.,.i  t 


:NrAIDKX    LO.N\;i.\(;,s. 


12!) 


An<l  yvt,  with  thee  and  with  those —Avliat  joy!  — 
Witli  tliee  and  those  l)eaiititiil  skies! 

And  sare,  to  let  fanciful  h)iiL,n,mrs  destroy 
Such  hhssfuhiess,  cannot  he  wise  : 

Xay;  I  will  not  — I  will  nut  n-ine  any  more  ! 

Then,  away,  pretty  bini,  to  thv  dt'stined  shore. 


130 


rOEMS. 


NATURE   AND   ART. 

The  voice  of  music  softly  floats 

From  yoi  .ler  mansion  granJ, 
'♦Yliere  lianglity  beauties  in  the  dance 

Their  gaud/  wings  expand. 
They  dream  that  tliey  are  happy  now  ;  — 

I  envy  not  tlieir  hliss  ; 
But  would  not  for  an  age  of  that 

Exchange  an  hour  of  this  :  — 


Through  dim  old  woods,  at  Avill,  to  stray 

O'er  rugged  mountains  roam  — 
To  muse  by  winding  rivulets, 

Or  where  the  billows  foam  ;  — 
Wherever  simple  Xature  speaks 

From  loving  heart  to  heart, — 
Whose  softest  note  is  grander  far 

Thau  all  tlie  pomps  of  Art ! 


T'EATII    AND    TIIK    WOOi)3:AX. 


i;ji 


r>EATII  AXD   THE   WOODMAX. 

"I'm  woaiy  (,f  living,"  tlic  woodman  sin-licl, 

Ah  he  tottfivfl  along  the  road  ; 
"For  the  sake  of  a  miserable  enist  of  bread, 
I  'd  rather,  a  thousand  tiraes,  be  dead, 

Than  eany  this  wearlocme  load  I 

"  Come  Deatli !  .  .me  Death  !  "   and  down  he  sat 

Upon  his  bundle  of  -wood, 

"  Come  Death,  and  ease  me  of  woe  and  want !" 
And  straight,  a  skeleton,  grim  and  gaunt, 

Beside  the  old  man  stood ! 


"  Well,  what  do  you  wish  ?"  the  skeleton  aske.l, 

"For  I  heard  you  just  eomplain." 
"Oh,  wish  ?"  said  the  man,  with  a  ghastly  face, 
"If  you  please,  I  wish  you  to  Iielp  me  place 

This  load  on  my  shoulder  a^-ain  ' " 


132 


I'oK.MS. 


THE  TWIX  TREES. 

'V\\(>  till-'  l(i'j,'('tlK'i\^'n'\v, 
.\iiil  oiK'  \v;is  witir  lunl  t.ill  ;nhl  riclily  oifcii  ; 
The  Dtiicr  !j;i':ii-K'<l,  .'mil  of  :i  slckru  r  hue, 

All. I  rrix)kc".l,  (hvartl'd,  aiitl  mean. 


Ill  i' 


ii 

i 


I 


Tlicv  1il')s*<()iiic(l  siilt'  l>y  ^'nlr — ■ 
IiK'JvaHnL:,  tairmir,  Icaliii'i,  \v:u-  liy  year; 
Tlic  tain  I'  iiiu'  u  as  t'liiitl'ul,  ami  lii-  \>v'u\<' 

^V!l^  ii(iiiri-lu'(l  it  witli  care 

ri\('  Icncii  tri'i'  was  lct"t 
l\>  NatuitV  kc('|iiiii;- — tliri\c  as  liot  it  ina_\ 
l.itil  at   Icii'jtli  it  scciiK'il  dt'  iilr  Ix'irtl 

AikI  iia^t'iiiii'''  t"  (Iccav  ;  — 


'I'licn,  ilfi'iiii'il  no  liiiiL';>  T  wurtli 
Tlif  ^|>aci'  it  (iccu|iifil,  tlir  w oodmnii  caiiic. 
Willi  iiii]i!<  iiu  iit<,  til  ri'I  it  tVniii  tlu'  rarlU 

Aii'l    \  i«M  It  1"  till'  tlaiiic. 


tut:  tm-ix  trees. 


133 


Cut  ere  lie  .struck,  a  Invd, 
Tlut  ',nong  the  .nple.s  branches  built  her  ne.t 
^^'S^^n  to  sing,  ,vhich  wheu  tlie  woo<lman  heard 

CuJiii.as,ion  filJM  Lis  breast ! 


" I  «lare  not  touch  this  tree! 


"ocent,  it  (loth  belon.^- 


o  > 


To  tliee,  sncct  in 

%^u.mne.I.cte.Ureaveu  hath  givex^t  thee, 
Ihouinvttychil.lof  .on-!" 


Shonl.l  this  not  teach  the  min.l 

That  what  .lo.h  seem  .ol,ounty  to  impart, 
^lay  be,  t;>r  rreav<.„'s  high  pun>oses,  .lesigne.l 
-lo    -less  some  secret  heart  ? 


12 


v.\\ 


I'd  i;  MS. 


TO  A  jrc. 

|„x  ,  ii\N<.iN<:  iii^   i:i;-.inr,N.i:,  Tiir,  .MTii.-i;  ti-;(  n\  i;i;ri.  nn^   i  amm.y 

i;i;i.i<     IN  A  lu^iY    Mini;,   nil  i;i  i  1''in    sm.'.i^hm:   nil. 

1  oi.i.ow  i.M.    -1. units   i:i.ri.i;<  ri"Ns.] 


'I 


'Iaii.  :ii:cioiit  .lu'^I   iVoiii  iiialtol  col.wclis  coiiu', 
And  <Iu-t  of  in.niy  l..ii'j,-.!f]>:irtc(l  yciirs  I 

1  wouM  roiivcr-c  with  tlirc:   wcit  llinii  nut  (Iiiiiil), 
l|(.\v    <j,l:i'Ily  !'•  tli;    ^lil'  I  *"'  l<'i"l  '"""'  '^■•""'^^  — 

For  in.Miy  tirniLr->  :i-~   M-t  uiituM,  I  wren, 

Aii-1  Jia^Miig-  Woiiilcrlul,  tl.y  UW-  lintli  seen  ! 


-ii 


Some  rjti-^oili's  tliiit  ii<>  lii--ti>ric  |.:iii,-(' 

Iliilli  i\rv  >lio\vii,  :il,is  !  ;iii(l  iM'"ti-  limy  -liow  ; 
Some  wil'l  romaiKr^  (if  :i  liy-^niK'  :\'/s, 

Tliat  iiiTiK   iKiVilit  ini-lit  "-lull  to  know! 
Oh.  for  tlif  \\i/.:inl  pow  r,  like  one  ol"  oM, 
To  lin:ik  tliv  silt  nee,  ami  thy  tah'  uiil'oM  ! 


U   i 


Ahhoiiuh  thon  art  a    iiiir,  ami  rather  fiail, 

Tl;..n  hast  Mir\i\c'l  at  ha-t  Iwo  hiimlr.Ml   yms; 

Whilv  mighty  |.otciital<s  in  ro.its  nf  iii:iil, 

ll:i\r  pavx'.l  aua\,  with  all  tlnir  liopo  aiwl  ll'ar> 

■"1"  IN  stranijc  to  think  a  jni:-  lor  hohlini^  watt  r 


Siiotil.l  oiitli\f  kiiius  win.  ji\f  hy  goi'i  aii.i  siatiy 


nti'i 


To    A    .11  « 


l-'i.") 


Vet,  licrc  IIk.ii  miM  !  iiiciiioi  i.il  ..f  tl.c  [.ast 

A  (itiaiiit  (.1.1  li-a-niciil  of  a  .[iiaiiit  ..1,1  \v.,il.i:_ 

Tl.allia(li.!,.|i,.,|  ni.l,.  Tin.c's  nin,.rs,.l,.ss  hiasi, 
Wliil,.  in..n.  stu|K'ii,l..ii>.  lahri.-s  have  hen  l.uilM 

Hack  t.)  (he  ii.»tliii,-iH.ss  In. Ill  whi.'I,  tlicy  s).nin-_ 

IJy  1)l(^...l  and  sweat  rr.,ni  Inn,, an  sinews  wnni'-'! 


Iladst  til..,;  the  L^nlV  ..f  L.ti-iics  't  n.^v  tliinc  f..  1.11 

M..st  cnfcrtainin-  (IiinM-s  of  Sliakspcaiv's  lim,.  ; 
Or  talcs  ..r.lavs  vvr  I'aiiPs  cat  he.lral  l.cll 

l>c,<j^aii  to  rini;-  ..f  S|.cnccr  Vni  to  rliynic! 
Douhtlcss  <.r  Cn.nnvcirs  .lc,.,ls  tli..n  wcrt  awaiv,— 
WJiat  (/u/t  tliy  master,  r..iinillica.l  or  cavalier? 

From  all  tliese  has-rclicvos  on  tliy  si.le 

Of  iMirly  l.a.-cliaiialians,  I  wist 
lie  was  n..l  t..  ll,,.  riiritaiis  allied, 

l]iit  rather  was  s..iii.'  r<.i-~i'rini^r  n.vilis)  ; 
Wh..  kn..ws  hill  Charles  the  Sec.ii.l,  when  |.nrMi,..l, 
May,  Jr..m  this  rim,  have  .jiialVM  ih..  (•..initry-hivu  -,1  ! 


Stran.Lrc  'hi„-s  hav:.  happ-m  d  hi-   ,.  ii  ,...iild  \,r  .aid 
That,  lli..ti  well      oini-  —  si.i|.iivinir  j^  ,|„.  ,.|,;,„^r^.  ; 

\\  hat  11. .w  is  .■oiniii..ii|.la<'c,  the  wiMcvt  head 

<d"  yunr.lay  never  .Inainpl.     CmiM  1  hiit  ran-c 

0\.rhall'  //•,.!,.,  s.niM  jud-..  me  nnd  ..,•  ...vaniiiius — 

Von  have  m-t  hear.!  ..1   lelegiaj.h  aiel  steaniimr  ^ 


136 


rOEMS. 


"Wliy,  voyngcs  that  took  your  tnrs,  at  1)0.4, 

Six  weary  luontlis,  may  now  1'    done  :i  week  in,  • 

For,  I  \  we  liglit  our  jnpes  in  farlliest  west, 
And  kno  k  tlie  n>lies  out,  almost,  in  I'ekin! 

We  liave  a  wire  by  which  Cohimh'ia  sjoke 

Across  the  seas  to  Albi'  ii  —  then,  broke  ! 


In  sootli,  't  woukl  take  a  life-time  to  unfol<l 

The  roll  of  wonders  or  a  sketch  to  show  fortli  — 

Of  exhibitions,  pyramids  of  gold, 

French  revolutions,  battles,  gas,  and  so  forth  ; 

Such  things  as  e'en  your  poets  never  sung: 

The  world  was  in  her  teens  when  yoii  were  young ! 


TOO    LATE, 


O/ 


TOO   LATE! 


Too  l.ito  to  |)l;int  the  ton.lor  seed, 


TI 


le  s 


owing  time  is  past 


To.)  late  to  prop  the  fading  vino 

That  feels  the  wintry  hiast! 
Too  hate  to  rear  a  teini.l 


pie  now, 


TI 


le  l)inl(hng  tune  i^ 


Too  hate  to  shift  the  ru(hl 


er  now. 


I  liear  the  breakers  roar! 


igaiii, 


•are 


s  an'ani, 


Too  late  to  gather  fruit 

The  orchard  trees  arc  1 
Too  lati'  to  sear.'h  the  Held 

The  gleaners  have  hcen  there. 
Too  late  — alas!  — to  win  nie  hack 

My  long-neglected  love! 
'J'oo  late  — all,  no  — n..t  yet  too  late 

To  hope  for  rest  above  ! 


lli' 


138 


POEMS. 


IX   AFFLTCTTOX. 


Assist  mc,  Lord,  to  plaoo  my  trust 
In  tlu'c,  from  Avliom  my  bcinuj  camel 

Thy  iraiiil  is  meiriiul  tliouL^Ii  just, — 
In  every  at^e  and  elinu'  tlie  same  :  — 

It  liatli  my  filt'ring  steps  sustained 

AVlieii  uMtliering  sliadi's  obscured  tlio  Truth  ; 
Aui],  in  Tem}>tatioirs  liour,  restrained 

The  wild  impetuous  will  of  youth. 


Thou  hast  my  daily  wants  su]>iili"(l 
With  <laily  bounties  from  al>o\i'; 

And  what  to  me  hath  been  denied 
Thou  didst  withhold  alone  in  lovo. 


j\Iay  Faith's  pure  beam  be  ever  brii^ht, — 
^My  soul  to  cheer,  my  dor.bis  to  chase; 

Anil,  in  Alllict ion's  weary  niuhl, 

To  lru^t  TIu'C  where  J  cannot  trace! 


Tin:     r.AST     lAV. 


l:]9 


TITK    LAS'I'    LAV 


Xo  more  (ho  .AIusc  iii;iy  Iciiii.t  Jiim  _ 
This  l.iy  (sliall  he  the  l.ist  ' 


For  stei-iicr  tl 


ifincs  n\v;iit  hiiii, — 


The  il.»u- 


cry  ;il;('  is  past 


Aii.l  yet,  li,.  I(,vcs  to  liii-cr 
In  (he  howi'i-  hcsiWc  Ihc  st 


I'caiii 


Ik'  loathes  to  ) 


)e  awaKciic 


'O  soon,  IVoni  JJeaut  v's  d 


ream. 


l>ut  IH'c's  no  rosy  Aisioj), 

Xo  ulccsonic  holiday  ; 

OIil  'i'inie  's  a  test 


\  nia  ^t(■^. 


That  hrodketh  m,  (hi; 


i\", 


O'er  Fortune's  I'avoied  chil.l 


ren. 


Tiie  M 


use  may  spread  licr  \vin:x, — 


Tlie  rook  must  e\(  r  'al 


r  'aiior. 


And  IMiih.niel; 


I  sin:'\ 


Tl 


H'   S 


pirit  ddth  l)i!f  t<'n:'!it 


A  lchi|.lc  (III  tlic  san<l, 

'I'hat,  needs  ;i  (•onstaut  I 

An  <'\ci--\\(iilviii^-  Ii:.iid 


^ I ' ( ' i  1 !  n  LT, 


140 


rOK.MS. 


Aii'l  cnrtli  will  yield  no  liiirvcst 
"NVlitTc  seed  has  not  been  sown,- 

Who  asks  for  hrcad  unpurchased 
]>y  toil,  receives  a  stone. 

The  dav  has  not  vet  risen 

When  Mind  alone  shall  sway; 
The  soul  nnist  still  he  shackled 

To  this  hody  of  decay  ; 
And,  like  a  lonely  convict, 

Must  labor  on  and  hope. 
Till  some  kind  sitirit  conieth, 

The  dungeon-door  to  oj>e  ! 


Though  Fortune  chain  the  bcxly, 

She  cannot  diain  the  niind, — 
'Twill  soar  throntili  o-orgeous  cloudland, 

'Twill  angel-sisters  iind! 
Then  let  tliis  be  the  solace 

Of  liini  "vlio  hangs  his  lyre 
On  the  willow,  —  that  for  aye 

Still  burns  the  sacred  fire  ! 


L  rxvoi. 


141 


L'    EXVOI. 


I. 


Go  fortli,  my  little  book!  go  forth  alone  — 
I  may  not  journey  Avith  thee ;  thou  must  bo 

Tliine  own  proteetor!     Let  thy  youth  atone 
For  aught  of  inii)eifection  friends  may  sec 

Witliin  thee  !     Mm-h  in  sorrow  liast  thou  ^rowi; 
And  mueh  in  joyfulness,  — till  thou  of  me 

Became  the  counterpart,  and  ever  ti-ue  — 

Showing  upon  thy  face  each  varied  hue. 


II. 

My  fi-equent  solace  through  long,  weary  years 
^'\d  solitary  hours,  — and  when  to  pour 

tSuch  wayw:.rd  thoughts  as  vagrant  Fanc>-  ])ears. 
My  only  i)K'asure  !     Now,  these  seasons  o'er, 

The  dea.l  Past,  with  her  changing  beam,  appears 
A  broken  rainbow  arching  a  dim  shore  ! 

And  yet  I  would  not  quendi  this  feeble  llame, 

iiiough  hopeless  of  youth's  hoj.e  —  a  poet's  fame  ! 


142 


rOKMS. 


Ill 


Strange  tlioiiglits  liavc  visitciT  my  soul,  like  sails 
Uj)(>ii  tlie  tar  liorizoiTs  misty  vi'i-ge  ; 

But,  aiu-liorless,  tliey  passrd  ;  —  tl.e  gales 
or  ooM  reality  arose  —  the  surge 

Of  Lite's  unrest  —  that  over  all  jirevails, 

I'ill  the  torn  l)ark  in  heavenly  seas  emerge, — 

S\vei>t  Avildlv  o'er  them  :  and  the  chaidcMl  iii<dit 

Came  swiftly  onward,  hiding  all  troni  sight  1 


IV. 


The  sunbeams  dart  throu<,di  mvriad  leaixucs  of  si»ace 

As  <hirk  as  Erebus,  until  they  fall 
Upon  some  lonely  woi'ld,  that  lifts  her  face 

In  glowing  gratitude,  —  and  so  to  all 
Come  beams  from  heaven  ;  but  finding,  oft,  no  place 

To  rest  U])on  —  no  mind  ]ire])are(l —  the  jiall 
Of  dead  obscurity  still  wrajis  them  round, 
And  the  Promethean  limbs  remain  unbound! 


V. 


For  such,  there  is  no  refuge  but  to  dream. 

And  to  be  scorne(l  for  nursing  ])lants  tliat  bear 

No  fruit;  —  to  gi-a'^p  at  things  tliat  only  i^ttin 
Deliverers  —  cloud-castles  liuuir  in  air, — 


L     EWOI. 


14;j 


And  vain,  dclusivo  firc's,  tliat  l)riglilf.st  gl 
When  (lie   niosf    faitlik'; 


canv 


;s  Ava 


}s    they  lure    y 


oil 


near ; — 


lies 


I 


r<»  cliasr  the  Rauibow  for  tlie  i^,,],!  tlmt 
Jeneatli  her  <b,jl,_yet  iieVr  to  iind  the  i.ir 


VI, 


I>-.:t  I  have  leaniM  to  see  my  castles  fall 

Without  a  sioh,__Tiine  teaehini,'  me  to  buil.l 


Yet  others — lu'lted  with  a  ( 


irnu'r  wall 


Than  elouds;  an-l,  if  n.,t  h.ftv,  safe,  and  fiilM 


AVith  what  dot! 


1  i^n    lit  a  deejier  joy  than  all 


'Jlie  unsubstantial  fmtasies  that  thrilh-d 
Vhe  youthful  spirit,  flittiiio-  o'er  f  lir  llower 
In  that  fresh,  rosy  morn  of  dreamy  hours! 


VII, 


(Jo,  then,  my  little  child!     Al 
]Jesid( 


1,  once  there  dwelt 


I.eside  me  one  T  h.^j-ed  to  ],K.ase  —  whose  praise 
Was  dearer  tar,  whose  mild  rej.roof  more  lelt 

Than  all,  — Ada,  my  sister!     Thy  hri-ht  days 
How  brief!     And  still  I  see  thy  sweet  eyes  melt, 

As  erst,  benignly  o'er  tlioso  youtliful  lays  ;  — 

I  hear  thy  wise  sn<,'gestions  —  lending  ])ower 

Toncliing  with  livelier  huc3  each  modest  fluwer! 


144 


rOEMS. 


A'  1 1 1 . 

ITo^v  mucli  I  owe  to  tliec !  —  From  that  still  time 
Of  starlio-ht,  when,  ns  tendrils  twined,  we  stootl,- 

Silent  or-siu-liin!^  —  drinkiiici-  the  sweet  chime 
That  tremhled  from  the  spirit-land  —  a  Hood 

Of  meloily,  that  Avhls])ered  of  the  clime 

Where  now  thou  ever  livest  with  the  Good  ! 

Yt  5 ;   thou  art  gone  with  this  fond  hope  !     But 
Heaven 

A  surer  Trust  and  holier  Hope  hath  given  I 


TX. 


Go,  then,  my  little  one  !     I  bid  thee  go ! 

What  to  thy  sire  thou  mayest  return  is  naught,  — 
If  thou  shouldst  cause  an  earnest  tear  to  How ; 

Or  i)lant  in  any  mind  a  nobler  thought ; 
Or  chase  one  wrinkle  from  the  brow  of  v/oe  !  — 

Xo  more  he  seeks,  nor  deems  this  vainly  ..jught. 
Then  go  I  — Avhile  cherish'd  thoughts  of  thee  shall 

dAvell 
Long  in  his  heart  who  bids  tliee  now  — Farewell! 


